unë
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compound of archaic and dialectal u + -në (particle) (compare Tosk Albanian ti (“you”) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from *Udh, from Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.[3] Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic më is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)
Declension edit
forms of unë
Related terms edit
- në (also spelled ne, na)
See also edit
Albanian personal pronouns
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (“wounded”). Compare English wound, Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to drive away, destroy”).[4]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
unë f
References edit
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 166 : UN, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486