lëngatë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A nasalized variant of ligatë, from lig (“ill, bad”), from Proto-Albanian *ligatā. See lig for more. Orel claims the appearance of inlaut -ën- to be the result of influence from lëngoj.[1]

Noun

lëngatë f

  1. illness, sickness, ailment

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “lëngatë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 224
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