pelë

See also: pele, Pele, pelé, pèle, pêle, pelē, and pelė

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pо̄l-nā, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”). Compare Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), Latin pullus, and English foal.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [pɛːl]

Noun

pelë f (indefinite plural pela, definite singular pela, definite plural pelat)

  1. mare

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.
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