punë

See also: pune, puñe, puñé, Pune, and PUNE

Albanian

Etymology

The current form is a participle of an obsolete form *pojë, which is a zero-grade suffixed derivation of *h₃ep- (“to work”). Relationship with Hittite [script needed] (ḫappinaḫḫ, “to become rich”) is unclear, even though there have been cases in which an older -i- has become a -u- (ahu (“beech”) is also attested as ahi in older dictionaries), making it possible for this word to have been *pina with a different meaning.

Alternatively a derivative in -në of an unused verb *puaj, continuing Proto-Albanian *pānja. The latter is related to Ancient Greek πένομαι (pénomai, “to strain, work on”) and its deverbative πόνος (pónos), with uncertain further links.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunə/, [ˈpu̞ːn(ɜ)]

Noun

punë f (plural punë, definite puna, definite plural punët)

1. work; labour; job

Declension

Declension of punë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	punë	puna	punë	punët
accusative		punën
dative	puneje	punës	punëve	punëve
ablative			punësh

Derived terms

• bashkëpunëtor
• bashkëpunoj
• bashkëpunim
• punëdashës
• punëdhënës
• punësi
• punësoj
• punësohem
• punëtor
• punëtorësi
• punim
• punoj
• punishte
• punonjës
• i punuar
• punëdore