cangë

Albanian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sanɡə/
  • Rhymes: -ɡə
  • Hyphenation: cán‧gë

Noun

cangë f (plural canga, definite cangë, definite plural cangat) (regional, colloquial)

  1. green, unripe tree or fruit (most often for peaches)
  2. (figurative) immature person

Declension
Declension of cangë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative cangë canga canga cangat
accusative cangën
dative cange cangave cangës cangavet
ablative cangash

Adjective

cangë

  1. unripe, tough (usually in reference to trees)

Further reading
  • “cangë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
  • “cangë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “cangë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 46
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