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shotë

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Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *sjāutā, from Proto-Indo-European *sau̯i̯eto, with a metathesis.[1]

Noun

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shotë f (plural shotë, definite shotja, definite plural shotet)

  1. big duck
  2. (colloquial) woman from Northern Albania

References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shotë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 427
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