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mitë

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See also: mite, mité, and Mite

Albanian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Albanian *meita. Compare Lithuanian miẽtas (post, stake), Old Norse meiðr (beam), Sanskrit मेथी (methí, pillar, post).[1]

Noun

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mitë f (plural mita, definite mita, definite plural mitat)

  1. (botany) shoot
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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mitë

  1. bribe
    Synonyms: nëndore, ryshfet

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir (2000), A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language: Reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 136