shtrungë
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Albanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Uncertain;[1] possibly:
- from shtrij (“to spread, stretch”) + unproductive suffix -ungë,[2] compare ballungë, shtëllungë,
- from Proto-Albanian *strungā, from Proto-Indo-European *strn̥gʰ-éh₂, from *strengʰ- (“to twist together”),[3]
- or dissimilated from Proto-Albanian *satrunkā, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-tr(o)nkʷ-eh₂, from *sm̥- (“together”) + *trenkʷ- (“push”) + *-éh₂.[4]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]shtrungë f (plural shtrunga, definite shtrunga, definite plural shtrungat)
- narrow runway near gateway of a pen or hold where sheep, goats, or cattle are milked
- sheepfold, goat pen
- Synonym: vathë
- shallow channel connecting an irrigation canal to the irrigation ditch of a field
- (colloquial) wooden milking pail
Declension
[edit]Declension of shtrungë
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | shtrungë | shtrunga | shtrunga | shtrungat |
| accusative | shtrungën | |||
| dative | shtrungeje | shtrungës | shtrungave | shtrungave |
| ablative | shtrungash | |||
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Aromanian: strungã / strunghe
- → Istro-Romanian: strungă
- → Megleno-Romanian: strungă
- → Romanian: strungă
References
[edit]- ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “štrungɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, , page 418: “ist der Ursprung des Wortes dunkel”
- ^ Çabej, Eqrem (1976) “shtrungë”, in Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, Prishtinë: Rilindja, pages 157-158
- ^ Jokl, Norbert (1911) Studien zur albanesischen Etymologie und Wortbildung (Sitzungsberichte der Philosophisch-Historischen Klasse der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften; 168) (in German), Vienna: A. Hölder, page 58
- ^ Barić, Henrik (1919) Albanorumänishe studien. I. Teil (Zur Kunde der Balkanhalbinsel. Quellen und Forschungen; 7) (in German), Sarajevo: Institut für Balkanforschung, pages 154-156
- ^ "OBSERVATIONS ON VLACH SHEEP-MILKING AND MILK-PROCESSING IN SOUTH-EAST EUROP" (PDF). Anthropozoologica 1994 N. 20.
Further reading
[edit]- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtrungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 443
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