Re: [tied] Catunari

Abdullah Konushevci wrote:

> In "Balkanika" alex lycos wrote:
> an 743 :
> Vensero asai gente de Bosna... et eziam vensero de Murlachi da
> bosco sopra Narneta, piu Catunari, fra li quali era uno capo sopra
> tuti, e vensero con grande multitudine de bestiame de diverse raxon
>
> ************
> Are you aware that word <catunari> is indeed plural form of Albanian
> word <katunar> 'peasant', build by suffix -ar (cf. qytet 'town' and
> qytetar 'citizen', <fshat> 'hamlet, country', but
> <fshatar> 'villager, countryman') from <katun(d)> 'village',
> extended in all Balkan languages.
>
> Konushevci

noun + suff. "-ar" for sg. msc. or "-ari" for pl. msc. in Rom. too: The
suffix "-ar" is seen as in some cases comming from Latin "-arius", in
some other as comming from Slavic "-ar".

Question:
which is the role which play the suffix "-ar" in Albanian ? Which a
sense have the new words suffixed with the suffix "-ar" beside of
showing the place where he lives (qytet > qytetar) his social condition
or ocupation(?) ( fshat > fshatar);
which is the etymology of the suffix "-ar" in Alb?

alex