valëbuke

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From i valë (hot, boiling) +‎ bukë (bread) +‎ -e.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /valəˈbuke/
  • Rhymes: -uke
  • Hyphenation: va‧lë‧bú‧ke

Noun[edit]

valëbuke f (plural valëbuke, definite valëbukja, definite plural valëbuket)

  1. small jug always kept on a fire to heat water; kettle
    Synonym: gjym
  2. (cooking, central Gheg, Krujë) dish made from bread and milk
    Synonyms: përshesh, valore, papare

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • “valëbuke”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • valëbuke”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “valbuke”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 544