kalama
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Albanian[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Formation from prefix kala- plus -man, derivative of maj "to fatten, to feed".[1] Topalli argues for a loan from Bulgarian калимана (kalimana, “godmother”), with a semantic shift godmother > godchild > child.[2]
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kalama m (plural kalamaj, definite kalamani, definite plural kalamajtë)
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References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kalama”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 694
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kalama”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 165