nëmë

See also: neme and -neme

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • namë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *namā,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *nem- (“to apportion, sacrifice”) (compare German nehmen (“to take”), Ancient Greek νέμω (némō, “to distribute”), νέμεσις (némesis, “wrath”)).

Noun

nëmë f

  1. curse

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 291
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