tanë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- (Standard, Tosk) tërë
- (Gheg) tãnë
Etymology
Gheg variant of Standard Albanian (Tosk) tërë (“all, whole, entire”).
- According to Demiraj, from Proto-Albanian *tan-, from Proto-Indo-European *to(d) (“it”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τόν (tón, “it”).[1]
- According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *twana, from Proto-Indo-European *teuH-, compare Lithuanian tvìnti (“to rise, swell”), Lithuanian tvãnas (“flood”).[2]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃ːn(ə)/ (Gheg)
Pronoun
tãnë ~ tanë m (tãna ~ tana, f.)
Determiner
tãnë ~ tanë
- (followed by an definite noun)
- (followed by a definite noun / kinship term)
- (followed by an indefinite noun)
- full of...
- totally, completely
- (~"totally messed up")
- (followed by a deictic determiner)
Synonyms
- (all, whole, entire, everyone, everybody, each): tërë, të tërë m, të tëra f, gjithë, të gjithë m, të gjitha f, gjithçka, gjithkush, krejt, çdo, çdonjëri, secili
- (Gheg) të tanë, tëtanë
- (throughout): gjatë, kudo, nëpër
- (just like): si, sikur, siç
- (full of): plot, plotë, gjerë, rrumbullt, mbushur, thëthirë, nginjur
Antonyms
- kurrkush
- asnjeri
- asnjëri
- asnjë
- askush
Related terms
- tërësisht
- krejtësisht
- kushdo
- cilido
- plotësisht
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 189
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “tërë ~ tanë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 454
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