cangë

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Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sanɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɡə
  • Hyphenation: cán‧gë

Noun

cangë f (plural canga, definite cangë, definite plural cangat) (regional, colloquial)

  1. green, unripe tree or fruit (most often for peaches)
  2. (figurative) immature person

Declension

Adjective

cangë

  1. unripe, tough (usually in reference to trees)

Further reading

  • “cangë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • cangë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cangë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 46