punë

See also: pune, Pune, puñe, and puñé

Albanian

Etymology

This current form is actually a participle of an obsolete form *pojë which is a zero-grade suffixed derivation of *h₃ep- (“to work”). Relationship with Hittite [script needed] (ḫappinaḫḫ, “to become rich”) is unclear even though there have been cases in which an older -i- has become a -u- (ahu "beech" is also attested as ahi in older dictionaries), making it possible for this word to have been *pina with a different meaning.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpunə/, [pun]

Noun

punë f (definite singular puna)

  1. work; labour; job

Derived terms
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