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Albanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Venetan bonazza. The meaning “darkness” comes from contamination of natë (“night”).
Pronunciation
Noun
bunacë f (uncountable)
- lull, dead calm, calm sea
- Antonym: burë
- stagnant water; marsh
- Synonym: ligatinë
- darkness at night or when it's cloudy
- Synonym: errësirë
- (figurative) peacefulness, tranquility; standstill
- Synonyms: qetësi; amulli
Adjective
bunacë (invariable)
- very dark, pitch-black
- Synonyms: i errët, i zi
References
- “bunác/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 197b
- Dashi, B. (2013) “bonazza”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 100
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “bunacë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 42b