mëmë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *ma(m)mā, from Proto-Indo-European *mā̆(m)mā, *meh₂-(m)meh₂ (“mother”). Cognate to Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “mother”) and Latin mamma (“mother”). A nursery word[1]
Noun
editmëmë f (plural mëma, definite mëma, definite plural mëmat)
Declension
editDeclension of mëmë
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 260