bollujëse
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom bollë (“rat snake, boa”) + ujë (“water”) + -ëse.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editbollujëse f (plural bollújëse, definite bollújësja, definite plural bollújëset)
- (zoology) grass snake (Natrix natrix)
- Synonym: bollë uji
Further reading
edit- “bollujëse”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “bollujëse”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “bollë […] ujse”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 33