gjuhë

See also: gjuhe

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Alternative forms

gluhë — obsolete, now Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika
gjuhu — obsolete, Gheg
gjuhunë, gjuhënë — Gheg
guhë — northern Gheg
gû — dialectal, Kosovo
gju — Borgo Erizzo
gëluhë — Sicily
gjufë — Calabria
glufë — Mandrica

Etymology

Unclear. From Old Albanian gluhë, most likely from Proto-Albanian *glu.a, with sporadic intervocalic loss of b (see pi, det, and dra) and insertion of a hiatus-like h (see bahe, kohë, and pah), from Pre-Proto-Albanian *glubā- ("tip"), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵlubʰah₂- (“point”).^[1]

A loan from Ancient Greek γλῶσσα (glôssa)^[2] is improbable from a linguistic and cultural standpoint, as Ancient Greek loans involved terms of trade and agriculture, not body parts, and a Proto-Albanian derivation would have been *gluśa, phonetically improbable.^[3]^[4]

Pronunciation

(northern Tosk, Lab) IPA^(key): /ˈɟuhə/
(southern Gheg, central Gheg) IPA^(key): [ˈɟ͡ʝũːh]
(northern Gheg) IPA^(key): [ˈɡjuː(h)], [ˈɡuː(h)]
- (Kosovo) IPA^(key): [ˈɡũː]
(Cham, Arvanitika, Arbëresh) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʎuhə]
- (Calabria) IPA^(key): [ˈɡʎuɣə]
Rhymes: -uhə

Noun

gjuhë f (plural gjuhë or (dialectal) gjuhëra / gjuhëna, definite gjuha)

tongue (organ)
gjuhë lope e zier ― boiled beef tongue

Dogji gjuhën.
Burned its tongue.
1. (figurative) speech, talking
  Synonym: gojë
  
  Mbaje gjuhën!
  Hold your tongue!
  
  E ka gjuhën të gjatë.
  She is very talkative.
  (literally, “She has a long tongue.”)
2. strip of land
  Synonym: rrip
3. bell clapper, clanger, tongue
  Synonym: gjuhëz
language, tongue
gjuha shqipe ― the Albanian language
1. register, speech, style
  Synonyms: ligjërim, stil
  
  gjuha e fëmijëve ― children speech
  
  gjuhë e trashë ― foul language
  
  gjuha e shkrimtarit ― the author's style
2. language (generally, any form of communication)
  gjuha e muzikës ― music's language
  
  gjuha e bletëve ― bees' language
3. (colloquial) local dialect
  Synonyms: e folme, dialekt
4. (colloquial) Albanian, as a subject in school

Declension

Declension of **gjuhë**
	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gjuhë	gjuha	gjuhë	gjuhët
accusative	gjuhë	gjuhën	gjuhë	gjuhët
dative	gjuhe	gjuhës	gjuhëve	gjuhëve
ablative	gjuhe	gjuhës	gjuhësh	gjuhëve

Derived terms

multiword terms

References

^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “gjuhë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
^ Camarda, Demetrio (1864), Saggio di grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese (in Italian), Livorno: Successore di Egisto Vignozzi
^ Meyer, G. (1891), “ǵuan”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 142
^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “gjuhë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

“gjúh/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980, page 625f.
Mann, S. E. (1948), “gjuhë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 149ab
Tagliavini, Carlo (1937), “ǵu”, in L'albanese di Dalmazia. […] (in Italian), Florence: Leo S. Olschki, page 131
Barić, Henrik (1919), Albanorumänishe studien. I. Teil (Zur Kunde der Balkanhalbinsel. Quellen und Forschungen; 7) (in German), Sarajevo: Institut für Balkanforschung, page 35
^{The template Template:R:sq:Leotti:1916 does not use the parameter(s): 2=gjuh-a
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.}Leotti, Angelo (1916), “gjuhën-a”, in L'albanese parlato (in Italian), Milan: U. Hoepli, page 83
Weigand, Gustav (1914), “gjuhën-a […] gjuh-a”, in Albanesisch–deutsches und deutsch–albanesisches Wörterbuch (in German), Leipzig: J. A. Barth, page 26a
Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “γϳούχ̇ε̯”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 83f.
Jungg, G. (1895), “ghiuh”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 38a
Rossi, F. (1875), Vocabolario della lingua epirotica–italiana (in Italian), page 466f.
Bardhi, Frang (1635), Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 49: “lingua — giuha”

[1] Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “gjuhë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

[2] Camarda, Demetrio (1864), Saggio di grammatologia comparata sulla lingua albanese (in Italian), Livorno: Successore di Egisto Vignozzi

[3] Meyer, G. (1891), “ǵuan”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 142

[4] Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “gjuhë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

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