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Albanian
Etymology 1
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin pinna.
Alternative forms
Noun
pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)
- feather, quill
- fin (of fish)
- vane (of waterwheel)
- dike; weir
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Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *pendā, from Proto-Indo-European *spen-d-. Compare Latvian spanda (“rope binding plow to yoke”), English span, Ossetian fsondz (“yoke”).
Alternative forms
Noun
pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)
- pair or team of draft animals yoked together
një pendë qe- a yoke of oxen
- juger, measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen can plow in a day
një pendë dhe- 3,000 sq. meters of land
Declension
References
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-5