kullumbri
Albanian edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Derivative of *kullumbë borrowed from Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The plant is called after the bird as Romanian porumb (“maze, corn”) after palombes (“dove”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kullumbri f (plural kullumbri, definite kullumbria, definite plural kullumbritë)
Declension edit
Declension of kullumbri
indefinite | definite | |||
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singular | plural | singular | plural | |
nominative | kullumbri | kollumbria | kollumbria | kollumbriat |
accusative | kullumbrin | |||
dative | kollumbrie | kollumbriave | kullumbris | kollumbriavet |
ablative | kollumbriash |
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kullumbri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203