branë

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /br̩anə/
• Rhymes: -anə

Noun

branë f (southern Tosk, Gjirokastër)

1. harrow

   Synonym: lesë

2. spiked roller for guiding threads on loom
3. (regional, dialectal) avalanche

Adverb

branë (colloquial)

1. dragged, crawlingly

   Synonyms: zvarrë, rrëshqanë, zharg

References

• “branë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “branë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “branë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 35