kungull

Albanian

Etymology

Possibly a devoiced variant of gungë +‎ -ull, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”). Close to Lithuanian gungulỹs (“ball”), Old Norse kǫngull (“bundle of berries”), Ancient Greek γογγύλος (gongúlos, “round”), Latin conucla (“staff for holding flax, wool, etc.”). Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *kunkula, similar to Lithuanian kunkulas (“bubble”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkunɡuɫ/

Noun

kungull m (plural kunguj, definite kungulli, definite plural kungujt)

1. pumpkin

Declension

Declension of kungull

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kungull	kungulli	kunguj	kungujt
accusative		kungullin
dative	kungulli	kungullit	kungujve	kungujve
ablative			kungujsh

Related terms

• gungë
• kumbull
• trangull

Further reading

• “kungull”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006