bukë

See also: buke, büke, bùkě, and bǔkè

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bukā, continuing *bʰok 'to burn', further related to Proto-Indo-European *bʰōg 'to roast, to bake'[1]. Possibly a derivative of a disused verb. Close to Phrygian βεκος (begos, “bread”), Illyrian *bagaron (“warm”), Armenian բոց (bocʿ, “flame”), Vulgar Latin focacius (“kind of baked dough”) from focus (“fire”), Ancient Greek φώγω (phṓgō, “roast”, verb) and Old English bacan (“to bake”). An alternative etymology derives it from Latin bucca (“mouth”), with a semantic development to 'food' through a Balkan source[2].

Noun

bukë f (indefinite plural bukë, definite singular buka, definite plural bukët)

  1. bread

Declension
declension of bukë
indefinite forms
(trajta të pashquara)		 definite forms
(trajta të shquara)
singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)		 singular
(numri njëjës)		 plural
(numri shumës)
nominative
(emërore)		 bukë bukë buka bukët
accusative
(kallëzore)		 bukë bukë bukën bukët
genitive
(gjinore)
(i/e/të/së)		 buke bukëve bukës bukëve
dative
(dhanore)		 buke bukëve bukës bukëve
ablative
(rrjedhore)		 buke bukësh bukës bukëve

References
  1. “Indogermanisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch”, J. Pokorny, 1959, Bern : Francke, p.162
  2. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, pages 39-40
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