patë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "pate"
Albanian
Etymology 1
A cultural Wanderwort attested in Slavic and in Romance Languages (cf. Spanish pata, Serbo-Croatian pátak)[1]. Possibly related to Sanskrit पतग (pataga, “bird”). See also Old Armenian բադ (bad).
Noun
patë f (indefinite plural pata, definite singular pata, definite plural patat)
- goose
Etymology 2
From Proto-Albanian *patā, related to petë.
Noun
patë f (indefinite plural pata, definite singular pata, definite plural patat)
- plectrum
Related terms
- petë
References
- Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, pages 312-313