butë

See also: bute, Bute, buté, būte, and būtė

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *bukta-, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeugʰ- (“to bend, bow”) (compare English bow, Irish bog ‘soft’, Lithuanian bukùs).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [buː]

Adjective

i butë m (feminine e buta, masculine plural të butë, feminine plural të buta)

  1. soft, gentle, mild
  2. tender (to the touch), sensitive
  3. meek, mellow, docile, calm
  4. tame, domesticated

References

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  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 215.
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