butë

See also: bute, Bute, buté, būte, büte, and būtė

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bukta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend, bow”) (compare English bow, Irish bog (“soft”), Lithuanian bukùs).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [buːt]

Adjective

i butë (feminine plural të buta)

  1. soft, gentle, mild
  2. tender (to the touch), sensitive
  3. meek, mellow, docile, calm
  4. tame, domesticated

References

  1. ^ Forschungen, Stefan; Matzinger, Joachim (2013), Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 215

Further reading

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