milingonë

Albanian

Etymology

From dialectal Greek μελιγγόνι (melingóni, “small ant”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miliˈnɡɔːn/

Noun

milingonë f (plural milingona, definite milingona, definite plural milingonat)

1. ant

Declension

Declension of milingonë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	milingonë	milingona	milingona	milingonat
accusative		milingonën
dative	milingone	milingonës	milingonave	milingonave
ablative			milingonash

Synonyms

• thnegël
• karanxha

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “milingonë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999) “milingonë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]