rrëmujë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- rëmujë, rumujë, rrumujë, rumujë, rëmullë, rrëmullë
- (Tosk) rëmbullë
Etymology
According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *raimuljā and cognate with Lithuanian ráibas (“multicolored, varied”).
Noun
rrëmujë f (indefinite plural rrëmuja, definite singular rrëmuja, definite plural rrëmujat)
- disorder, confusion, chaos
- plundering, rifling, ransacking
References
- Mann, Stuart E. (1948), “rëmujë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 426b
- Mann, Stuart E. (1948), “rrëmujë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 437a
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “rrëmujë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, pages 383–384