skallua

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

A denominative of kall (“to stick; to thrust”), part of family of words including kalli (“spike of grain”) and kallëz (“husk; gleaning”). Parallel formation with ngalloj (“to sprout, to shoot up”), ngallis (“to sprout; to poke”), ngallmoj (“to nail down; to poke”), etc., of same origin.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /skaˈɫua/

Noun

skallua m (plural skallonj, definite skalloi, definite plural skallonjtë)

  1. (Tosk) sprout, bud, seedling, shoot
    Synonyms: cëmat, bisk, mugull, bulë, filiz, syth, cimak
  2. (regional) barren plant, infertile plant (used in Mallakastër region)

Declension

Declension of skallua
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative skallua skalloi skallonj skallonjtë
accusative skalloin
dative skalloi skalloit skallonjve skallonjve
ablative skallonjsh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “ckallon”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 51

Further reading

  • “skallua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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