kullumbri

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kulumri (Gheg)
  • kulumbri
  • kumri

Etymology

Derivative of *kullumbë borrowed from Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The plant is called after the bird as Romanian porumb (“maze, corn”) after palombes (“dove”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuɫumbɾˈi/

Noun

kullumbri f (plural kullumbri, definite kullumbria, definite plural kullumbritë)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) turtle dove, Eurasian collared dove
    Synonyms: turtull, guguçe
  2. (botany) blackthorn; sloe

Declension
Declension of kullumbri
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative kullumbri kollumbria kollumbria kollumbriat
accusative kullumbrin
dative kollumbrie kollumbriave kullumbris kollumbriavet
ablative kollumbriash

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kullumbri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203
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