mëllë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
edit- mullâ (Gheg)
Etymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *melana (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-n-, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”) (compare Latvian męl̃ns (“black”), Serbo-Croatian malina (“raspberry”), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”)). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘grudge, resentment’, compare zi. Ultimately a doublet of miell.
Noun
editmëllë m (plural mëllënj, definite mëllëri)
- (Tosk) grudge, resentment
- bump or swelling caused by trauma
- knot, gnarl, knurl on a tree trunk
- (medicine) scrofula
- hard piece of bread or bread crust