buall

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • buell (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bōlna, identical with Thracian βόλινθος id.[1]. Alternatively from Byzantine Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos).[2]; compare also Latin būbalus, both from Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos, “buffalo”).

Noun

buall m (indefinite plural buaj, definite singular bualli, definite plural buajt)

  1. buffalo

Derived terms
  • buallicë

References
  1. Çabej, E. 1976a. Studime Gjuhësore II, Studime Etimologjike në Fushë të Shqipes, A-O. Prishtinë: Rilindja, pp.339-340
  2. Guillaume Bonnet, Les Mots latins de l'albanais (Paris: L'Harmattan, 1998), 92.
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