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gjumë

Pronunciation: /ɟumə/

“gjumë” is an Albanian word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. sleep
  2. lethargy, torpor
  3. hibernation

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *supna, from Proto-Indo-European *súpnos (compare Latin somnus, Lithuanian sãpnas, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos), Proto-Slavic *sъnъ). Also reconstructed as Proto-Albanian *źupnʉh. modërn -ë descends from Proto-Indo-European *-ós as Proto-Albanian *-ʉh.

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