mëmë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "meme"
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *ma(m)mā, from Proto-Indo-European *mā̆(m)mā, *meh₂-(m)meh₂ (“mother”).[2] Cognate to Ancient Greek μάμμη (mámmē, “mother”) and Latin mamma (“mother”). A nursery word[3]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]mëmë f (plural mëma, definite mëma, definite plural mëmat)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | mëmë | mëma | mëma | mëmat |
| accusative | mëmën | |||
| dative | mëme | mëmës | mëmave | mëmave |
| ablative | mëmash | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Mann, S. E. (1948), “mâmë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 261b
- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 76
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “mëmë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 260
Further reading
[edit]- “mëmë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006