unë

See also: une, Une, unè, and ûne

Albanian

Etymology 1

Compound of archaic and dialectal u and particle -në (compare Tosk ti (“you”) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti),[1] from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵ.[2] Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic më is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).

Alternative forms
  • u, uth (Arbëresh)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈun] (Albania)
  • IPA(key): [ˈunɛ] (Republic of Macedonia / Kosovo)

Pronoun

unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)

  1. I
    Unë jam njeri i lirë.
    I am a free man.
Declension
forms of unë
unë (1st person singular)
nominative unë
ablative meje
full form clitic
accusative mua më
dative mua më
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
im imi
  • në (also spelled ne, na)

See also
Albanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person unë ne
2nd person ti ju
3rd person masculine ai ata
feminine ajo ato

References
  1. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 486

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *wen-tó. Compare English wound, Hittite [script needed] (wen-, “to copulate”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈunə]

Noun

unë f

  1. potsherd
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