See also: tolle and tollé

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *tāslā, from *tēkslā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- (to hew) (compare Latin tēlum, German Dechsel (adze), Russian тесла́ (teslá, adze)).[1] Cognate with teshë.

Noun edit

tollë f (plural toje, definite tolla, definite plural tojet)

  1. bald spot
  2. crown of the head
  3. drumhead of a tambourine

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tollë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 459