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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *lubnaka, from Proto-Indo-European *leubh (“to peel, to skin”). Cognate to Lithuanian lubà (“board (of a ceiling)”), Latvian luba (“bark, board”), Old Prussian lubbo (“board”) and Proto-Slavic *lьbь (“forehead, skull”).[1]
Noun
lumak f
- bud, shoot; lichen, moss
Declension
References
Further reading
- “lumak”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language], 1980
- Newmark, L. (1999), “lumak”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary