pelë
See also: pele, Pele, pelé, pèle, pêle, pelē, and pelė
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *pо̄l-nā, from Proto-Indo-European *pōlH- (“animal young”). Compare Ancient Greek πῶλος (pôlos), Latin pullus, and English foal.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɛːl]
Noun
pelë f (indefinite plural pela, definite singular pela, definite plural pelat)
- mare
References
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 224.