mjellmë

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Albanian[edit]

Një mjellmë - A swan

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Etymology[edit]

From miell, because of its color; from Proto-Indo-European *h₂élbʰos (white). Structurally identical with Lithuanian melmuõ (kidney stone), Old Saxon melm (sand, dust) and Old High German melm (dust), both Proto-Germanic forms from *malmaz, *malmōn.

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Noun[edit]

mjellmë f (plural mjellma, definite mjellma, definite plural mjellmat)

  1. swan (Cygnus)

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  • Aromanian: mielmã