tollë

See also: tolle and tollé

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tāslā, from *tēkslā, from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to hew’ (compare Latin tēlum, German Dechsel ‘adze’, Russian тесла (teslá) ‘adze’).[1]. Cognate with teshë.

Noun

tollë f (indefinite plural toje, definite singular tolla, definite plural tojet)

  1. bald spot
  2. crown of the head
  3. drumhead of a tambourine

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language (Leiden: Brill, 2000), 459.
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