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unë

unë

See also: une, Une, unè, and ûne

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • u, uth (Arbëresh)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈun] (Albania)
  • IPA(key): [ˈunɛ] (Republic of Macedonia / Kosovo)

Pronoun

unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)

  1. I
    Unë jam njeri i lirë.
    I am a free man.
Declension
Related terms
  • (also spelled ne, na)

See also

References

  1. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
  2. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "unë" (Leiden, Netherlands: Brill 1998), 486.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *wen-tó (compare English wound, Hittite wen- 'to copulate').

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈunə]

Noun

unë f

  1. potsherd