punë
See also: pune, Pune, puñe, and puñé
Albanian
Etymology
This current form is actually a participle of an obsolete form *pojë which is a zero-grade suffixed derivation of *h₃ep- (“to work”). Relationship with Hittite [script needed] (ḫappinaḫḫ, “to become rich”) is unclear even though there have been cases in which an older -i- has become a -u- (ahu "beech" is also attested as ahi in older dictionaries), making it possible for this word to have been *pina with a different meaning.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpunə/, [pun]
Noun
punë f (definite singular puna)
- work; labour; job
Derived terms
- bashkëpunëtor
- bashkëpunoj
- bashkëpunim
- punëdashës
- punëdhënës
- punësi
- punësoj
- punësohem
- punëtor
- punëtorësi
- punim
- punoj
- punishte
- punonjës
- i punuar