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Albanian
Etymology
Cognate with Romanian oare, oară, with the same usage. Likely ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁- (“to wish”), though the trajectory is uncertain. Compare German wohl (“possibly”).
Pronunciation
Particle
vallë
- used in questions to emphasise doubt, uncertainty or disbelief.
- përse vallë? ― I wonder why
1827, Vangjel Meksi, Δγιάτα ἐ ῥέ, Matthew 2:2, page 3:Κοὺ βάλ' ἔ̰σ̈τε̰ μπρέτι ἰ Τζιφούτετ κ̇ὲ̰ οὐ λὲ;- [Ku val' është mbreti i Çifutet që u le?]
- Where, I wonder, is the king of the Jews that was born?
References
- “vallë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980, page 2109b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “vall”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 545a
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “βάλε̯”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 14
- Meyer, G. (1891) “vałɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 462
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vallë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 494