lumak

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lubnaka, from Proto-Indo-European *leubh 'to peel, to skin'. Cognate to Lithuanian lubà (“board (of a ceiling)”), Latvian luba (“bark, board”), Prussian lubbo (“board”) and Slavic *lьbь 'forehead, skull'[1]

Noun

lumak f

  1. bud, shoot ; lichen, moss

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “lumak”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 235
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