valëbuke
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From i valë (“hot, boiling”) + bukë (“bread”) + -e.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]valëbuke f (plural valëbuke, definite valëbukja, definite plural valëbuket)
- small jug always kept on a fire to heat water; kettle
- Synonym: gjym
- (cooking, central Gheg, Krujë) dish made from bread and milk
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | valëbuke | valëbukja | valëbuke | valëbuket |
| accusative | valëbuken | |||
| dative | valëbukeje | valëbukes | valëbukeve | valëbukeve |
| ablative | valëbukesh | |||
References
[edit]- FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1], 1980
- “valëbuke”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “valbuke”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 544