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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology 1
Compound of archaic and dialectal u + -në (particle) (compare Tosk Albanian ti (“you”) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from *Udh, from Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂. Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic më is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)
- I
Declension
forms of unë
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unë (1st person singular)
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unë
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meje
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full form
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clitic
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mua
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më
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mua
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më
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possessive adjective
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possessive pronoun
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im
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imi
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Related terms
See also
Albanian personal pronouns
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (“wounded”). Compare English wound, Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to drive away, destroy”).
Pronunciation
Noun
unë f
- potsherd
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 166 : UN, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486