shotë

See also: shote

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *sjāutā, from Proto-Indo-European *sau̯i̯eto, with a metathesis. Cognate to Welsh hwyad, Old Cornish hoet (“id”), Breton houat (“id”)[1].

Noun

shotë f (indefinite plural shotë, definite singular shotja, definite plural shotet)

  1. big duck
  2. (colloquial) woman from Northern Albania

References
  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, pp.257
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