Wiktionary

vëng

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *wengā.[1]

Noun edit

vëng m (plural vëngu, definite vëngje, definite plural vëngjet)

  1. wooden rim of a cart/wagon wheel; one section of such a rim: felly
  2. hole along the edge of a moccasin for the lacing thong
  3. wooden stake
  4. peg on which to hang something
  5. pretext, excuse
  6. chain
  7. premonition, omen

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vëng ~ vang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Further reading edit

  • “vëng”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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