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Albanian
Etymology
Tosk variant of amë.[2] From Proto-Albanian *am(m)ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂em(m)-h₂ (compare Ancient Greek ἀμμά (ammá), Latin amma, Old High German amma). Cf. also archaic Romanian îmă.
Noun
ëmë f (plural ëma, definite ëma, definite plural ëmat)
- mother
E ëma e Skenderit është mësuese- Skender's mother is a techer
Declension
References
- ^ Mann, S. E. (1948) “âmë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 5b
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 4
Further reading
- “ëmë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006