rrëmujë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • rëmujë, rumujë, rrumujë, rumujë, rëmullë, rrëmullë
  • (Tosk) rëmbullë

Etymology

According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *raimuljā, cognate with Lithuanian ráibas (“multicolored, varied”).

Noun

rrëmujë f (indefinite plural rrëmuja, definite singular rrëmuja, definite plural rrëmujat)

  1. disorder, confusion, chaos, mishmash, hubbub
  2. plundering, rifling, ransacking
  3. riot

References
  • Mann, Stuart E. (1948), “rëmujë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 426b
  • Mann, Stuart E. (1948), “rrëmujë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 437a
  • Orel, Vladimir (1998) Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383–384
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