kallume

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly a variant of gamule (“heap”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈɫume/
• Rhymes: -ume

Noun

kallume f (plural kallume, definite kallumja, definite plural kallumet) (regional)

1. heap, pile

   Synonyms: grumbull, pirg, gamule, stivë

2. barrow, tumulus, cairn

   Synonyms: kodërvarr, tumë

3. cesspool

References

• “kallúm/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 773a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kallume”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 178b
• Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “καλούμε-ϳα”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 138