gurgule
Albanian
Etymology
Onomatopoeic, compare Greek γουργουρίζω (gourgourízo, “to shout, scream”).
Pronunciation
Noun
gurgule f (plural gurgule, definite gurguleja)
- uproar, tumult, hubbub
- Synonyms: rrëmujë, trazirë
- loud crowd, mob, rabble
- (Macchia) den, lair
- 1894, Giuseppe De Rada, Caratteri e grammatica della lingua albanese, Corigliano Calabro, page 16:
- […] veer està, vêra l'està, gkurgkuljee covile, gkurgkuljêśi da covili.
- [ […] vēr, vera, gurgulē, gurguleshi]
- […] summer, the summer, lair, from lairs
- (San Cosmo) shelter (place where to hide or rest)
- Synonym: kotec
- a. 1891, Giuseppe Serembe, Vjershë, Milano: Grandi Edizioni, published 1926, page 91:
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- [këndojti gjeli e u sheh ndë gurgulē]
- the rooster sang and hid in a solitary place
See also
References
- FGJSSH (1980), “gurgule”
- Meyer (1891), page 135: “gurguľé”
- Giordano (1963), page 139a: “gurrgulé”
- Kamsi (2000), page 89b: “gurgulj/e-a”