dudë
See also: dude and dudé
Albanian
Etymology 1
Either an onomatopoeia[1] or from Proto-Albanian *dudā, from Proto-Indo-European *dheu (“to reel, dissipate, blow”). Compare Old Frisian dud (“anesthetization”), Old Norse doðna (“become insensitive”), Old English dydrian (“deceive”), dydring (“yolk”).
Noun
dudë m
- gum
Related terms
- dudësh
Etymology 2
From Ottoman Turkish [Term?] (compare Turkish duda).
Noun
dudë f
- ripe blackberry
Related terms
- dënjë
- duf
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “dudë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 78