rungajë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *wrunga, from Proto-Indo-European *ṷreng- (“to be bent”). Cognate to Lithuanian rungúoti (“to wind, to bend”).[1]

Noun

rungajë f (plural rrungaja, definite rrungaja, definite plural rrungajat)

  1. avalanche, river-bed

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rungajë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 375
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