kumbull
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *gem- (“to grab, grip; be full”). Close to Old English cumbol (“wound, swelling, lump, growth”), Lithuanian gùmulas (“clump, ball, tangle, knot”), Old Norse kumla (“squeeze”), Middle Irish gemel (“shackles, gyve, manacles, handcuff”). Similar formation to kungull and brumbull. Alternatively from Ancient Greek κοκκύμελον (kokkúmelon, “red apple”).[1][2]
Noun
kumbull f (plural kumblla, definite kumbulla, definite plural kumbllat)
- plum (Prunus domestica)
- Kumbullat e djeshme qenë fort të shijshme.
- Yesterdays plums were very tasty.
- Kumbullat e djeshme qenë fort të shijshme.
- (figurative) a healthy, beautiful woman
Derived terms
References
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kumbull”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 837
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kumbull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 204