tanë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • (Standard, Tosk) tërë
  • (Gheg) tãnë

Etymology

Gheg variant of Standard Albanian (Tosk) tërë (all, whole, entire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃ːn(ə)/ (Gheg)

Adjective

i tãnë ~ i tanë m (feminine e tanë, masculine plural tanë, feminine plural tana)

  1. whole, entire
    Botën e tanëtanë bota.
    The whole world — the whole world.

Pronoun

tãnë ~ tanë m (tãna ~ tana, f.)

  1. all, everyone, everybody, each
    Liri për të tanë!
    Freedom for all!
    Të tana ulen këtu.
    All (women) sit here.
    Të tanë ulen atje.
    All (men) sit there.
    Tanë shkuan.
    Everyone left.

Determiner

tãnë ~ tanë

  1. (followed by an definite noun)
    the entire, the whole
    throughout, during
    Tanë ditën e ditës.
    The whole livelong day.
    Tanë nãtën nuk kam flêjt.
    I did not sleep the entire night.
  2. (followed by a definite noun / kinship term)
    just like... (+ kinship term)
    Tanë gjyshi vetë.
    Just like his (own) grandfather.
  3. (followed by an indefinite noun)
    full of...
    totally, completely
    Qy, qy... e paska punën tanë mut.
    See, see... things are apparently full of shit for him/her.
    (~"totally messed up")
  4. (followed by a deictic determiner)
    all this, that
    all these, those
    Tanë këto lule.
    All these flowers.

Synonyms

Antonyms

  • kurrkush
  • asnjeri
  • asnjëri
  • asnjë
  • askush

References

  1. 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
  2. Orel, Vladimir (1998), tërë ~ tanë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 454
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