rungajë

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *wrunga, from Proto-Indo-European *ṷreng- (to be bent). Cognate to Lithuanian rungúoti (to wind, to bend).[1]

Noun[edit]

rungajë f (plural rrungaja, definite rrungaja, definite plural rrungajat)

  1. avalanche, river-bed

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rungajë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 375