gungë
Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- (“lump”). Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]
Noun
[edit]gungë f (plural gunga, definite gunga, definite plural gungat)
Declension
[edit]Declension of gungë
Derived terms
[edit]Terms derived from the noun "gungë"
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 127