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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *sanguisungia, from Latin sanguisūga. Compare also Dalmatian sansoike.
Pronunciation
Noun
shushunjë f (plural shushunja, definite shushunja, definite plural shushunjat)
- leech
- bloodsucker
Synonyms
References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shushunjë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1438
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shushunjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 447