këmborë

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romance *campona, variant of Late Latin campāna.[1]

Noun

këmborë f (definite këmbora)

  1. bell worn by pastoral animals: cowbell, sheep-bell
  2. (derogatory) subservient person exploited by others

Declension

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këmborë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177

Further reading

  • “këmborë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • këmborë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “këmborë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary