Albanian

Alternative forms

• pênnë (Gheg)

Noun

pendë f (definite singular penda)

1. feather, quill
2. fin (of fish)
3. vane (of waterwheel)
4. dike; weir

Synonyms

• feather: pupël
• fin, vane: fletë
• dike, weir: sfrat

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *pendā, from Proto-Indo-European *spen-d- (compare Latvian spanda ‘rope binding plow to yoke’, English span, Ossetian fsondz ‘yoke’)^[1]

Alternative forms

• pëndë (South Tosk), pênë (Gheg)

Noun

pendë f (definite singular penda)

1. pair or team of draft animals yoked together

   një pendë qe‎

   a yoke of oxen

2. juger, measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen can plow in a day

   një pendë dhe‎

   3,000 sq. meters of land

References

1. ↑ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 314-5.