bukë

See also: buke, büke, bùkě, and bǔkè

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bukā, from Latin bucca (“mouth, mouthful”), with a semantic development to 'food' through a Balkan source.[1]

Noun

bukë f (indefinite plural bukë, definite singular buka, definite plural bukët)

  1. bread
  2. food
    Synonym: ushqim

Declension
Declension of bukë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative bukë bukë buka bukët
accusative bukën
dative buke bukëve bukës bukëvet
ablative bukësh

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 39-40
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