kullumbri

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Derivative of *kullumbë borrowed from Latin columba (dove, pigeon). The plant is called after the bird as Romanian porumb (maze, corn) after palombes (dove).[1]

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Noun[edit]

kullumbri f (plural kullumbri, definite kullumbria, definite plural kullumbritë)

  1. (colloquial, dialectal) turtle dove, Eurasian collared dove
    Synonyms: turtull, guguçe
  2. (botany) blackthorn; sloe

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kullumbri”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203