Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Tosk variant of amë.[1] From Proto-Albanian *am(m)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(m)-h₂ (compare Ancient Greek ἀμμά (ammá), Latin amma, Old High German amma). Cf. also archaic Romanian îmă.

Noun edit

ëmë f (plural ëma, definite ëma, definite plural ëmat)

  1. mother
    E ëma e Skenderit është mësuese
    Skender's mother is a techer

Declension edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 4