bukë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *bukā, from Latin bucca (“mouth, mouthful”), with a semantic development to 'food' through a Balkan source.[1]
Noun
[edit]bukë f (plural bukë, definite buka, definite plural bukët)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | bukë | buka | bukë | bukët |
| accusative | bukën | |||
| dative | buke | bukës | bukëve | bukëve |
| ablative | bukësh | |||
References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “bukë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 39-40