Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *wrunga, from Proto-Indo-European *ṷreng- (to be bent). Cognate to Lithuanian rungúoti (to wind, to bend).[1]

Noun

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rungajë f (plural rrungaja, definite rrungaja, definite plural rrungajat)

  1. avalanche, river-bed

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rungajë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 375