shtrungë

Pronunciation: [ʃtɹuŋ]

“shtrungë” is an Albanian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

narrow runway near gateway of a pen or hold where sheep, goats, or cattle are milked
sheepfold, goat pen
shallow channel connecting an irrigation canal to the irrigation ditch of a field
wooden milking pail

Etymology

Uncertain; possibly: * from shtrij (“to spread, stretch”) + unproductive suffix -ungë, compare ballungë, shtëllungë, * from Proto-Albanian *strungā, from Proto-Indo-European *strn̥gʰ-éh₂, from *strengʰ- (“to twist together”), * or dissimilated from Proto-Albanian *satrunkā, from Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-tr(o)nkʷ-eh₂, from *sm̥- (“together”) + *trenkʷ- (“push”) + *-éh₂.

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