emtë

See also: emte

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin amita (“paternal aunt”). Though, the change from a- > e- is troublesome.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛmtə/, [ɛmtə]

Noun

emtë f (plural emta, definite emta, definite plural emtat)

  1. aunt

Declension

Declension of emtë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative emtë emta emta emtat
accusative emtën
dative emte emtës emtave emtave
ablative emtash

See also

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “emtë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • “emtë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999), “emtë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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