tërë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "tere"
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Gheg) tanë
Etymology
- According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *twana, from Proto-Indo-European *tewH-, compare Lithuanian tvìnti (“to rise, swell”), Lithuanian tvãnas (“flood”).[1]
- According to Demiraj, from Proto-Albanian *tan-, from Proto-Indo-European *tód (“it”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τόν (tón, “it”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtəɾə/
Pronoun
tërë m (feminine tëra) (Tosk)
Determiner
tërë (Tosk)
Synonyms
Antonyms
- kurrkush
- asnjeri
- asnjëri
- asnjë
- askush
Related terms
- tërësisht
- krejtësisht
- kushdo
- cilido
- plotësisht
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tërë ~ tanë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 189
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