rëngë

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See also: réngé, reņģe, and reņģē

Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Either an onomatopoeia, or from Proto-Germanic *hrengaz (ring), *hrengjan (to ring, to tinkle).[1]

Noun[edit]

rëngë f (plural rënga, definite rënga, definite plural rëngat)

  1. ring of phone, bell
  2. blast of gunshot, cannon etc.
  3. lament, cry

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rëngë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 370