cinxami

Albanian

Alternative forms

• cinxamin, cicami, cicamil — dialectal

Etymology

From the onomatopoeic root cinx-, whence cinxër (“cicada”), cinxakuq (“wren with a red spot”) and cinxull (“yellowhammer”), compound with mi (“mouse”), as in gjysmami (“wren”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sind͡zaˈmi/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

cinxami m (plural cinxaminj, definite cinxamiu, definite plural cinxaminjtë)

1. wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)

   Synonyms: çerr, ferrak; see also Thesaurus:cinxami

References

• “cinxamí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 226b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “cinxamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 50a
• Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 135