bollujëse

Albanian

Alternative forms

• bollujësë

Etymology

From bollë (“rat snake, boa”) +‎ ujë (“water”) +‎ -ëse.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈɫujəse/
• Rhymes: -əse
• Hyphenation: bo‧llú‧jë‧se

Noun

bollujëse f (plural bollújëse, definite bollújësja, definite plural bollújëset)

1. (zoology) grass snake (Natrix natrix)

   Synonym: bollë uji

Further reading

• “bollujëse”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “bollujëse”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “bollë […] ujse”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 33