pesë

See also: pese, pesé, pése, and pèse

Albanian
Albanian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : pesë

Alternative forms
  • pêsë (Gheg)

Etymology

From Old Albanian pensë, from Proto-Albanian *penče, from Proto-Indo-European *pénkʷe. Compare Proto-Slavic *pętь, Latin quīnque, Ancient Greek πέντε (pénte).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pɛs(ə)/

Numeral

pesë

  1. five

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), page 218.
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