Re: alb. gji

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "Abdullah Konushevci
<a_konushevci@...>" <a_konushevci@...> wrote:

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:
> > Albanian "gji".
> >
> > it was disscused on this list some time ago. Could it be this

word

> means
> > not only breast but "udder" too?
> >
> > Regards, Alex
>
> Yes. The semantic field of the word gji is very weid. For example,
> its mean bosom; breasts: gjinj të bëshëm 'fulsome breast',
> shtrëngoj ne gji 'to clasp to one's breast'. Ushqej me gji 'to
> breast-feed'; I pres gjirin fëmijës 'to wean a child'; Fëmijë i
> ndarë nga gjiri 'weaniing'• Womb; bowis: Nga gjiri i dheut 'from

the

> bowls of the ear' • -re, -ret 'bay, inlet' etc.
> Best regards, Abdullah

There was that 'bay, inlet' again. For what it's worth, in Scania, on
the Sound is the Lommabukt, ie Lomma Bay; Da. 'lomme',
Scanian 'lomma' "pocket"; also the name of a village in the bay,

Torsten