Albanian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sanɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɡə
  • Hyphenation: cán‧gë

Noun

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cangë f (plural canga, definite cangë, definite plural cangat) (regional, colloquial)

  1. green, unripe tree or fruit (most often for peaches)
  2. (figurative) immature person

Declension

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Adjective

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cangë

  1. unripe, tough (usually in reference to trees)

Further reading

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  • “cangë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • cangë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cangë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 46