valëbuke
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From i valë (“hot, boiling”) + bukë (“bread”) + -e.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
valëbuke f (plural valëbuke, definite valëbukja, definite plural valëbuket)
- small jug always kept on a fire to heat water; kettle
- Synonym: gjym
- (cooking, central Gheg, Krujë) dish made from bread and milk
Declension edit
Declension of valëbuke
| indefinite | definite | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| nominative | valëbuke | valëbuke | valëbukja | valëbuket |
| accusative | valëbuken | |||
| dative | valëbuke | valëbukeve | valëbukes | valëbukevet |
| ablative | valëbukesh | |||
References edit
- “valëbuke”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “valëbuke”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “valbuke”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 544