tallë

See also: talle, tallé, and tälle

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *talā. Cognate to Ancient Greek τῆλις (têlis, “fenugreek”), Lithuanian atólas (“grass stubble”).[1]

Noun

tallë f (plural talla, definite talla, definite plural tallat)

  1. peeled corncob
  2. cornstalk, cornstraw
  3. Johnsongrass (Sorghum halepense)
  4. (regional) cornhusk

Synonyms
  • (Johnsongrass): vulër

Derived terms
  • tallishtë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “tallë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 448
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