unë

See also: une, Une, and ûne

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

Compound of archaic and dialectal u +‎ -në (particle) (compare Tosk Albanian ti (“you”) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from *Udh, from Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti),[2] from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.[3] Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic më is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [unə]

Pronoun

unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)

  1. I
    Unë jam njeri i lirë.
    I am a free man.
Declension
forms of unë
unë (1st person singular)
nominative unë
ablative meje
full form clitic
accusative mua më
dative mua më
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
im imi
  • në (also spelled ne, na)

See also
Albanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person unë ne
2nd person ti ju
3rd person masculine ai ata
feminine ajo ato

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (“wounded”). Compare English wound, Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to drive away, destroy”).[4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈunə]

Noun

unë f

  1. potsherd

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 166 : UN, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture, s.v. "Pronouns" (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 454.
  3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
  4. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “unë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 486
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