bollë
See also: bolle, Bolle, and Bölle
Albanian
Alternative forms
- boljë
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *bēlva, close to Latin bēlua (“beast”) (cf. Italian belva).
Noun
bollë f (indefinite plural bolla, definite singular bolla)
- any of various nonvenomous snakes of the families Colubridae or Boidae
- glowworm (Lampyris noctiluca)
Hyponyms
- bollë shtëpisë ‘Aesculapian snake’ (Zamenis longissimus)
- bollë laramane, bollë leopard ‘European ratsnake, leopard snake’ (Zamenis situla)
- bollë varrezash, bollëshordjë ‘chicken-snake, four-lined ratsnake’ (Elaphe quatuorlineata)
- bollë e rërës ‘javelin sand boa’ (Eryx jaculus)
- bollë uji ‘grass snake’ (Natrix natrix)
- bollëverbët ‘slowworm, blindworm’ (Anguis fragilis)
Derived terms
- bullar, bollujësë, bollësharde