Albanian

Alternative forms

• âmëz, âmzë

Noun

amë f

1. taste, flavor; scent, fragrance
2. unpleasant smell, odour

Derived terms

• tamë

Etymology 2

Gheg; from Proto-Albanian *abnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ebʰ-n- ‘river’ (compare Old Irish aub, Latin amnis ‘river’).

Noun

amë f

1. spring, source of a spring, headwater; stream bed
2. stub of a ticket, check, invoice, or coupon
3. (Gheg) river channel, riverbed
4. (Gheg) silt, dregs

Derived terms

• amull
• tamë

References

1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.76