punë

See also: pune, Pune, puñe, and puñé

Albanian

Etymology

The current form is a participle of an obsolete form *pojë, which is a zero-grade suffixed derivation of *h₃ep- (“to work”). Relationship with Hittite [script needed] (ḫappinaḫḫ, “to become rich”) is unclear, even though there have been cases in which an older -i- has become a -u- (ahu (“beech”) is also attested as ahi in older dictionaries), making it possible for this word to have been *pina with a different meaning.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunə/, [pun]

Noun

punë f (definite puna)

1. work; labour; job

Derived terms

• bashkëpunëtor
• bashkëpunoj
• bashkëpunim
• punëdashës
• punëdhënës
• punësi
• punësoj

• punësohem
• punëtor
• punëtorësi
• punim
• punoj
• punishte
• punonjës
• i punuar