milingonë

Albanian

Etymology

From dialectal Greek μελιγγόνι (melingóni, “small ant”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /miliˈnɡɔːn/

Noun

milingonë f (plural milingona, definite milingona, definite plural milingonat)

  1. ant

Declension

Declension of milingonë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative milingonë milingona milingona milingonat
accusative milingonën
dative milingone milingonës milingonave milingonave
ablative milingonash

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “milingonë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 990

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • “milingonë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “milingonë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[2]
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