ëndë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ende"

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • andë

Etymology

Possibly from Proto-Albanian *antā (“desire; breath, soul”),[1] from *anja (“to breathe”) (whence ëj (“to blow; to swell”)),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), + *-tā (nominal suffix). Compare semantics of Tocharian B āñme (“wish, desire; self, inner being, soul”).[3] Possibly related to the personal name Illyrian *Andis.

Noun

ëndë f (plural ënda, definite ënda, definite plural ëndat)

  1. desire, inclination, pleasure
    Pranë teje e kam ëndën.
    I feel pleasure next to you.

Declension
Declension of ëndë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative ëndë ënda ënda ëndat
accusative ëndën
dative ënde ëndave ëndës ëndavet
ablative ëndash

Derived terms
  • ëndje

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëndë ~ andë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
  2. Meyer, G. (1891) “aj”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 5-6: “anjô”
  3. Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āñme”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 43-44
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