lungë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *lunkā, from Proto-Indo-European *lewk- (“to bend”) with a nasal infix, similar to that of Old Prussian lunkis (“angle”), Lithuanian luñkanas (“supple”), Latvian llùnks (“supple”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lungë f (plural lunga, definite lunga, definite plural lungat)
Declension edit
Declension of lungë
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 235