gungë

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”). Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]

Noun

gungë f (plural gunga, definite gunga, definite plural gungat)

  1. hump, lump
  2. hunchback
  3. small hill

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun "gungë"

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 127
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