mbulonjëse

Albanian

Etymology

Coined by Pjetër Bogdani. From mbuloj (“to cover”). First attested in 1685 and once again in 1763 by Chetta, who took it from Bogdani. The word hasn't been attested elsewhere.^[1]

Noun

mbulónjëse f (plural mbulonjësa, definite mbulonjësa, definite plural mbulonjësat)

(obsolete) lid; ceiling
Synonym: tavan

References

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

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

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