shotë
See also: shote
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Albanian *sjāutā, from Proto-Indo-European *sau̯i̯eto, with a metathesis.[1]
Noun
editshotë f (plural shotë, definite shotja, definite plural shotet)
- big duck
- (colloquial) woman from Northern Albania
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shotë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 427