gungë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gungā, from Proto-Indo-European *geng-, *gong- 'lump'. Identical with Lithuanian gùnga (“hump, hunchback, ball, clump”), gùnginti (“go slowly, from a humped going person”), and cognate with Latin gingiva (“gum”).

Noun

gungë f

  1. hump, hunchback
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