rrëmujë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• rëmujë, rumujë, rrumujë, rumujë, rëmullë, rrëmullë
• (Tosk) rëmbullë

Etymology

According to Orel, from Proto-Albanian *raimuljā, cognate with Lithuanian ráibas (“multicolored, varied”).

Noun

rrëmujë f (plural rrëmuja, definite rrëmuja, definite plural rrëmujat)

1. disorder, confusion, chaos, mishmash, hubbub
2. plundering, rifling, ransacking
3. riot

References

• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rëmujë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 426b
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “rrëmujë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 437a
• Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rrëmujë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 383–384