pendë
Albanian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin pinna.[1]
Alternative forms edit
- pênnë (Gheg)
Noun edit
pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)
Declension edit
Declension of pendë
Synonyms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pendë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Albanian *pendā, from Proto-Indo-European *spen-d-. Compare Latvian spanda (“rope binding plow to yoke”), English span, Ossetian fsondz (“yoke”).[1]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)
- pair or team of draft animals yoked together
- një pendë qe
- a yoke of oxen
- juger, measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen can plow in a day
- një pendë dhe
- 3,000 sq. meters of land
Declension edit
Declension of pendë
References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-5