tërë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Gheg) tanë
Etymology
Tosk variant of Gheg tanë, from Proto-Albanian *twana, from Proto-Indo-European *teuH-, compare Lithuanian tvìnti (“to rise, swell”), tvãnas (“flood”).[1] Alternatively from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *tan-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *to(d) (“it”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τόν (tón, “it”).[2]
Pronunciation
Adjective
i tërë (feminine e tërë, masculine plural të tërë, feminine plural të tëra) (Tosk)
Pronoun
Determiner
tërë (Tosk)
- (followed by an definite noun)
- (followed by a definite noun / kinship term)
- (followed by an indefinite noun)
- full of...
- totally, completely
- (followed by a deictic determiner)
Synonyms
- (all, whole, entire, everyone, everybody, each): të tërë m, të tëra f, gjithë, të gjithë m, të gjitha f, gjithçka, gjithkush, krejt, çdo, çdonjëri, secili
- (throughout): gjatë, kudo, nëpër
- (just like): si, sikur, siç
- (full of): plot, plotë, gjerë, rrumbullt, mbushur, thëthirë, nginjur
Antonyms
Related terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tërë ~ tanë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 454
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 179
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