gungë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- 'lump'. Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).[1]
Noun
gungë f (indefinite plural gunga, definite singular gunga, definite plural gungat)
- hump, lump
- hunchback
- small hill
Related terms
- gush
- kungull
- kumbull
Derived terms
Terms derived from the noun "gungë"
- gungës
- gungët
- gungaç
- gungaçe
- gunga-gunga
- gungalec
- gungar
- gungash
- gungaz
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “gungë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 127