tytë

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Proto-Albanian *tūtā, from Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- (to swell; crowd; be strong),[1] also forming a doublet of tul and tëtanë (possibly).

Noun

tytë f (plural tyta, definite tyta, definite plural tytat)

  1. pipe, tube, barrel
  2. empty place, desert
    Synonyms: shkretëtirë, repë
Declension

Etymology 2

From tytë, most likely before the development of the tube sense.

Adjective

tytë (feminine tyta)

  1. empty, unnecessary, futile

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tytë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 471