punëherë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From punë (work) + herë (time).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /punəˈheɾə/
  • Rhymes: -eɾə
  • Hyphenation: pu‧në‧hé‧rë

Noun

punëherë f (definite punëhera) (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, colloquial) epilepsy
    Synonyms: epilepsi, sëmundje e tokës, botë, shakull

Declension

Further reading

  • “punëherë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
  • punëherë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “punherë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 408
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