hutë
Albanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Byzantine Greek ὦτος (ôtos) or its descendant Latin ōtus.[1]
Noun
edithutë f (plural huta, definite huta, definite plural hutat)
- vulture
- Egyptian vulture (Neophron percnopterus)
- Synonyms: mjellbardhë, kali i qyqes
- female owl
- (figurative) foolish woman, dolt
- sheep with very long ears
Hyponyms
edit- huta e bardhë (“Egyptian vulture”)
Noun
edithutë f (plural huta, definite huta, definite plural hutat)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “hutë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 153
Further reading
edit- “hutë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 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