pendë

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See also: pende and pendé

Albanian

Etymology 1

From Latin pinna.[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)

  1. feather, quill
  2. fin (of fish)
  3. vane (of waterwheel)
  4. dike; weir
Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pendë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 429

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *pendā, from Proto-Indo-European *spen-d-. Compare Latvian spanda (“rope binding plow to yoke”), English span, Ossetian fsondz (“yoke”).[1]

Alternative forms

Noun

pendë f (plural pendë, definite penda, definite plural pendët)

  1. pair or team of draft animals yoked together
    një pendë qe
    a yoke of oxen
  2. juger, measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen can plow in a day
    një pendë dhe
    3,000 sq. meters of land

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, pages 314-5
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