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butë

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See also: bute, Bute, buté, būte, büte, and būtė

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *bukta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewgʰ- (“to bend, bow”) (compare English bow, Irish bog (“soft”), Lithuanian bukùs).[1]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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i butë (feminine plural të buta)

  1. soft, gentle, mild
  2. tender (to the touch), sensitive
  3. meek, mellow, docile, calm
  4. tame, domesticated

References

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  1. ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 215
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