shushunjë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from a Vulgar Latin *sanguisungia, from Latin sanguisūga.[1][2] Compare also Dalmatian sansoike.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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shushunjë f (plural shushunja, definite shushunja, definite plural shushunjat)

  1. leech
  2. bloodsucker

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References

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  1. ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shushunjë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1438
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shushunjë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 447