bollë

See also: bolle, Bolle, and Bölle

Albanian

Alternative forms

• boljë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bēlva, close to Latin bēlua (“beast”) (cf. Italian belva).

Noun

bollë f (plural bolla, definite bolla)

1. any of various nonvenomous snakes of the families Colubridae or Boidae
2. glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)

Hyponyms

• bollë shtëpisë (“Aesculapian snake”) ()
• bollë laramane, bollë leopard (“European ratsnake, leopard snake”) ()
• bollë varrezash, bollëshordjë (“chicken-snake, four-lined ratsnake”) ()
• bollë e rërës (“javelin sand boa”) ()
• bollë uji (“grass snake”) (Natrix natrix)
• bollëverbët (“slowworm, blindworm”) (Anguis fragilis)

Derived terms

• bullar, bollujësë, bollësharde