urë
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ure"
Albanian
editEtymology 1
editFrom Proto-Albanian *warā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wer- (“to cover”) (compare Messapic urios (“doors”), Oscan veru (“door”), Old Norse vǫr (“row of stones”), ver (“dam”)). Connected to placename Bylazora[1]
Noun
editurë f (plural ura, definite ura)
- bridge
- (technical) axletree
- (agricultural) wooden underpart of an ox-yoke frame
- (agricultural) sole, slade of a plow
- (architecture) ridgeboard (of roof), ridgepole
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editEtymology 2
editFrom Proto-Albanian *warā, from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- (“boil, cook”) (compare Lithuanian vérdu, Serbo-Croatian váriti).
Noun
editurë f (plural ura, definite ura)
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editReferences
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “urë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 488