samë

See also: same and Same

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tswa(n)-ma, a derivative in -mo of the Indo-European word for dog, otherwise unattested. Compare Sanskrit श्वन् (śvā́), Ancient Greek κύων (kúōn), Old Irish cú and Lithuanian šuõ. For sense development compare Slavic *govьno (“excrement”) from *gʷṓws (“cow”)[1].

Noun

samë f (indefinite plural sama, definite singular sama, definite plural samat)

  1. dog excrement

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden Boston Köln 1998, p.393
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