unë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology 1

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Compound of archaic and dialectal u +‎ -në (particle) (compare Tosk Albanian ti (you) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from earlier *udh, from Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.[3]

Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)

  1. I
    Unë jam njeri i lirë.
    I am a free man.
Declension
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  • (also spelled ne, na)

See also

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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (wounded). Compare English wound, Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, to drive away, destroy).[4]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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unë f

  1. potsherd

References

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  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 166 : UN, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
  4. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486