buzë

See also: buze

Albanian

Etymology

From archaic and now chiefly dialectal (Arbëresh) budhë +‎ -zë (collective suffix), from Proto-Albanian *budzā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”); compare Lithuanian budė̃ (“tree-fungus”), bùdė (“whetstone”), Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “bottom”), Latin fundus (“bottom, piece of land, farm”). Lent Romanian buză.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /buzə/ (Tosk)
• IPA^(key): /buːz/ (Gheg)

Noun

búzë f (plural búzë, definite búza, definite plural búzët)

1. (anatomy) lip

   Synonyms: grykë, pipëz

2. (zoology, veterinary medicine) muzzle, snout
3. edge, rim, side

   Synonyms: zgrip, anë, vijë, kufi, breg

4. beginning (of an event/time)

   Synonym: prag

5. cliff

   Synonym: shkëmb

6. (in the plural) rocky chasm, (rocky) cliffs; sharp rock(s), boulders

   Synonyms: humnerë, greminë, hon, ferri

Declension

Declension of buzë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	buzë	buza	buzë	buzët
accusative		buzën
dative	buze	buzës	buzëve	buzëve
ablative			buzësh

Descendants

• Romanian: buză

Preposition

búzë (+ ablative)

1. nigh, to/at the side of

   Synonyms: pranë, anës

2. on, to (onto); by; upon, at (some point) (terminal or associated with a location)

   Synonyms: pranë, afër, mbi, në, nga, sipas, me, prej

Derived terms

nouns

• buzaç
• buzak
• buzake
• buzël
• buzëqeshje
• buzëz
• buzinë
• buzm
• buzo
• buzhelë
• gërbuzje
• mbuzje
• përbuzje

verbs

• buzëqesh
• gërbuz
• gërbuzem
• mbuz
• mbuzem
• përbuz
• përbuzem

adjectives

• buzagaze
• buzel
• buzele
• buzëhollë
• buzëkuq
• buzëkuti
• buzëqeshur
• buzëtrashë
• buzëvrer
• buzor
• buzhel
• gërbuzur
• mbuzur
• njëbuzor
• përbuzshëm
• përbuzur

adverbs

• buzagaz
• buzas
• buzëhelm
• buzëvarur

Further reading

• “buzë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980