malanguni

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Neapolitan malangunia.

Noun

malanguni f (definite malangunia) (Molise)

  1. alternative form of melankoli
    • 1957, Alberto M. Cirese, Canti popolari delle colonie albanesi del Molise, Rieti, page 18:
      Dishë dija çë kishe e çë ke, // e çë të mundi kjo malanguni
      I would like to know what you had and what you have now, // and why this melancholy deafeated you

References

  • Kamsi (2000), page 158b: “malanguni-a”
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