gungë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- 'lump'. Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]

Noun

gungë f (indefinite plural gunga, definite singular gunga, definite plural gungat)

  1. hump, lump
  2. hunchback
  3. small hill

Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "gungë"
  • gungës
  • gungët
  • gungaç
  • gungaçe
  • gunga-gunga
  • gungalec
  • gungar
  • gungash
  • gungaz

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 127
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