gungë
Albanian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”). Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]
Noun edit
gungë f (plural gunga, definite gunga, definite plural gungat)
Declension edit
Declension of gungë
Derived terms edit
Terms derived from the noun "gungë"
Related terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 127