mëlçi
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mbëlçi
Etymology
From Italian milza.[1]
Noun
mëlçi f (indefinite plural mëlçi, definite singular mëlçia, definite plural mëlçitë)
- (anatomy) liver
- innards
- (colloquial) lungs
Hyponyms
- mëlçi e bardhë ‘lung’
- mëlçi e zezë ‘liver’
Synonyms
- mushkëri 'lungs'
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 259.