amë

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Albanian

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *am(m)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(m)-h₂ (compare Ancient Greek ἀμμά (ammá), Latin amma, Old High German amma). Cf. also archaic Romanian îmă.

Alternative forms

Noun

amë f

  1. mother

Etymology 2

Gheg dialectal form (vs. Tosk amëz), from Proto-Albanian *admā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed-.[2]

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Pronunciation

Noun

amë f

  1. taste, flavor; scent, fragrance
  2. unpleasant smell, odour
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Gheg; from Proto-Albanian *abnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ph₃n-éh₂, from *h₂ep- (“body of water”). Compare Old Irish aub, Latin amnis (“river”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

amë f

  1. spring, source of a spring, headwater; stream bed
  2. stub of a ticket, check, invoice, or coupon
  3. stick used as a prop for the roof
  4. (Gheg) river channel, riverbed
  5. (Gheg) silt, dregs
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References

  1. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “aam”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1
  2. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 76
  3. ^ Jungg, G. (1895) “aam”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 1

Further reading

  • “amë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “amë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 4
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “amë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎
  • “amë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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