Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the onomatopoeic root cinx-, whence cinxër (“cicada”), cinxakuq (“wren with a red spot”) and cinxull (“yellowhammer”), compound with mi (“mouse”), as in gjysmami (“wren”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]cinxami m (plural cinxaminj, definite cinxamiu, definite plural cinxaminjtë)
- wren (Troglodytes troglodytes)
- Synonyms: çerr, ferrak; see also Thesaurus:cinxami
References
[edit]- “cinxamí,~u”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 226b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “cinxamí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 50a
- Dhora, Dhimitër (2008) Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë latinisht–shqip–anglisht (in Albanian), →ISBN, page 135