brumë

See also: brume

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bruma, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰréwmn̥, from the root *bʰrew(h₁)- (compare Old English burme (“leaven”), Latin fermentum (“leaven, yeast”)), from *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil, seethe”) (compare English brew).[1] The term is based on a Proto-Albanian *-bru- (“to knead"”), seen also in mbruj (“to knead”), zbruj (“to soak, soften; become soft”).[2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrumə/

Noun

brumë m (plural brumëra, definite brumi, definite plural brumërat)

  1. dough

Declension

Declension of brumë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative brumë brumi brumëra brumërat
accusative brumin
dative brumi brumit brumërave brumërave
ablative brumërash

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997), Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 111
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “brumë”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • “brumë”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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