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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *laptā, from Proto-Indo-European *leh2p- (“to be flat, even; shovel”). Cognate to Lithuanian lopetà (“shovel”) and Old Prussian lopto (“spade”).[1]
Noun
latë f (plural latë, definite lata, definite plural latët)
- (kind of) hatchet, axe, chopper
Declension
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References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi