Re: Alb. "maj"

Hello !

Are you sure that such a word as "mallungë" exists in Albanian ?
I am not aware of it, neither could I find it in any Albanian
dictionary.
Did you probably mean "bullungë" = knur, lump?

Regards
Alvin

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

> --- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "alex_lycos" <altamix@...> wrote:
> > which should be the Proto-Albanian form for "maj"= hammer?
> ************
> According to Meyer, <maj> `sledge hammer' and suffixed form
> <majth> `little hammer' is Slavic loan from Serbo-Croatian
> <malj> `little hammer' then directly from Latin <malleus>

`hammer'.

> Latin source was seen doubtfully by Pedersen and without any
> reservation by Puscariu. Meyer-Lübke found it from Italian

<maglio>.

> So had thinking also Tagliavini, who had denied any Slavic
> intermediation.
> Its quite interesting that exists also old derivative of this word
> <mallungë> `an increased part of the head, caused by hurting it

like

> with hammer' a suffixed form in Alb. old suffix –ungë.
> According to this last example, I believe that its origin from

Latin

> is much convincing than all others suggestios.
> Its presence in Rumanian should testify about its origin to Vulgar
> Latin.
> (Posting for the second time)
>
> Konushevci