vonë

See also: vone

Albanian

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *wānti, a participle in *-nti,[1] or from *wānā, reflecting Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to lack, be empty; to strive, to wish for, to love”). Compare Ancient Greek εὖνις (eûnis, “stolen; looted, lack, be short of”), Armenian ունայն (unayn, “empty, bare, lacking”), Latin vanus (“bare, lacking, empty, void, vacant”), Old Norse vanr (“lacking”).

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): /vɔnə/
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): /vɔːn/

Adverb

vonë

  1. late

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), “vonë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 514

Further reading

  • “vonë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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