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Albanian
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Etymology
Possibly from Proto-Albanian *antā (“desire; breath, soul”), from *anja (“to breathe”) (whence ëj (“to blow; to swell”)), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- (“to breathe”), + *-tā (nominal suffix). Compare semantics of Tocharian B āñme (“wish, desire; self, inner being, soul”). Possibly related to the personal name Illyrian *Andis.
Noun
ëndë f (plural ënda, definite ënda, definite plural ëndat)
- desire, inclination, pleasure
Pranë teje e kam ëndën.- I feel pleasure next to you.
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëndë ~ andë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 91
- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “aj”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 5-6: “anjô”
- ^ Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) “āñme”, in A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN, pages 43-44