kullumbri

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kulumri — Gheg
• kulumbri
• kumri

Etymology

Derivative of *kullumbë borrowed from Latin columba (“dove, pigeon”). The plant is called after the bird as Romanian porumb (“maze, corn”) after palombes (“dove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kuɫumbɾˈi/

Noun

kullumbri f (plural kullumbri, definite kullumbria, definite plural kullumbritë)

1. (colloquial, dialectal) turtle dove, Eurasian collared dove

   Synonyms: turtull, guguçe

2. (botany) blackthorn; sloe

Declension

Declension of kullumbri

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kullumbri	kollumbria	kollumbria	kollumbriat
accusative		kullumbrin
dative	kollumbrieje	kullumbris	kollumbriave	kollumbriave
ablative			kollumbriash

Derived terms

• sykullumbri

Further reading

• “kullumbri”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “kullumbri”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006