llogore

Albanian

Etymology

Sense 1 is likely a semantic evolution from the older sense “tunnel”. Possibly influenced by Serbo-Croatian lȏgor／ло̑гор (“(military) camp”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɫoˈɡoɾe/
  • Rhymes: -oɾe

Noun

llogore f (plural llogore, definite llogorja, definite plural llogoret)

  1. (military) trench, ditch
    Synonym: hendek
  2. (dialectal) Alternative form of llagore (“sewer, tunnel”)

References
  • “llogór/e,~ja”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980, page 1039a
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “llogo-bere […] -re”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 256b
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