kolmë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kālima, a suffixal derivative of Proto-Indo-European *kal 'healthy'. Compare Sanskrit कल्य (kalyá, “healthy”), Ancient Greek καλός (kalós, “beautiful”)[1].

Adjective

i kolmë m (feminine e kolme)

  1. having a good figure, winsome
  2. pleasantly plump

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 189.
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