buzë

See also: buze

Albanian

Etymology

From archaic and now chiefly dialectal (Arbëresh) budhë + collective suffix -zë, from Proto-Albanian *budjā, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰudʰmḗn (“bottom”); compare Lithuanian budė̃ (“tree-fungus”), bùdė (“whetstone”),[1] Sanskrit बुध्न (budhna), Ancient Greek πυθμήν (puthmḗn, “foundation”), Latin fundus (“bottom, piece of land, farm”). Lent Romanian buză.

Noun

buzë f (indefinite plural buzë, definite singular buza, definite plural buzët)

  1. (anatomy) lip
  2. edge, rim

Derived terms
  • buzaç, buzak, buzel, buzëm, buzinë, përbuz

Compounds

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “buzë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 43
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