llogore

Albanian

Etymology

Sense 1 is likely a semantic evolution from the older sense “tunnel”. Possibly influenced by Serbo-Croatian lȏgor / ло̑гор (“(military) camp”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɫoˈɡoɾe/
• Rhymes: -oɾe

Noun

llogore f (plural llogore, definite llogorja, definite plural llogoret)

2. (military) trench, ditch

   Synonym: hendek

3. (dialectal) Alternative form of llagore (“sewer, tunnel”)

References

• “llogór/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 1039a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “llogo-bere […] -re”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 256b