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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *melana (“black”), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-n-os, from *melh₂- (“to grind, crush”) (compare Latvian męl̃ns (“black”), Serbo-Croatian malina (“raspberry”), Ancient Greek μέλαινα (mélaina, “black”)). For sense development from ‘black’ to ‘grudge, resentment’, compare zi. Ultimately a doublet of miell.
Noun
mëllë m (plural mëllënj, definite mëllëri)
- (Tosk) grudge, resentment
- bump or swelling caused by trauma
- knot, gnarl, knurl on a tree trunk
- (medicine) scrofula
- hard piece of bread or bread crust
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