guall

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gāla[1] or *gōl(w)a, from Proto-Indo-European *golH-weh₂, from *gelH- (“naked; head”); compare Serbo-Croatian gláva (“head”), Lithuanian galvà (“head”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡu.aɫ]

Noun

guall m (plural guaj, definite gualli, definite plural guajt)

  1. shell (of nut, egg)
  2. shell (of turtle, crab, snail)
  3. husk, dry pod
  4. crust, incrustation

Declension

Declension of guall
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative guall gualli guaj guajt
accusative guallin
dative gualli guallit guajve guajve
ablative guajsh

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “guall”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126
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