bumballë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *baxmb- (“kind of noise”). Cognate to Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “a boom, deep hollow noise”), βομβύκια (bombúkia, “humming insects”), Old Norse bumba (“drum”).

Noun

bumballë f (plural bumballa, definite bumballa, definite plural bumballat)

1. cockroach, beetle
2. bumblebee (dialectal)

Declension

Declension of bumballë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	bumballë	bumbulla	bumbulla	bumbullat
accusative		bumballën
dative	bumbulleje	bumballës	bumbullave	bumbullave
ablative			bumbullash