hutë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • utë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὦτος (ôtos) or its descendant Latin ōtus.[1]

Noun

hutë f (plural huta, definite huta, definite plural hutat)

  1. vulture
    Synonyms: shkabë, karbë, gabonjë, gogol, gjyp, stërvinar, coftinar, hardhuzhinë
  2. Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
    Synonyms: mjellbardhë, kali i qyqes
  3. female owl
  4. (figurative) foolish woman, dolt
  5. sheep with very long ears
  6. (zoology) common buzzard (Buteo buteo)
    Synonym: cëre

Hyponyms

  • huta e bardhë (“Egyptian vulture”)

Noun

hutë f (plural huta, definite huta, definite plural hutat)

  1. (archaic) gun, rifle, musket

See also

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hutë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 153

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “hutë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “hut-ë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 301
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