gungë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”). Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]

Noun

gungë f (plural gunga, definite gunga, definite plural gungat)

  1. hump, lump
  2. hunchback
  3. small hill

Declension
Declension of gungë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative gungë gunga gunga gungat
accusative gungën
dative gunge gungave gungës gungavet
ablative gungash

Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "gungë"

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
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