vëng

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wengā.[1]

Noun

vëng m (plural vëngu, definite vëngje, definite plural vëngjet)

  1. wooden rim of a cart/wagon wheel; one section of such a rim: felly
  2. hole along the edge of a moccasin for the lacing thong
  3. wooden stake
  4. peg on which to hang something
  5. pretext, excuse
  6. chain
  7. premonition, omen

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vëng ~ vang”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 504

Further reading
  • “vëng”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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