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Illyrian languages - Illyrian words | | Illyrian languages - Illyrian words: Encyclopedia II - Illyrian languages - Illyrian words | | Only a few Illyrian words are cited in Classical sources by Roman or Greek writers:
brisa, "husk of grapes" [citation needed]
rhinos, "fog, cloud"; compared to Old Albanian ren, modern Albanian re, "cloud"
sabaia, sabaium, sabaius, "a type of beer"
sibina (Lat.), sibyna (Lat.), sybina (Lat.); σιβυνη (Gk.), σιβυνης (Gk.), συβινη (Gk.), ζιβυνη (Gk.): "a hunting spea ...
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Illyrian languages - Illyrian words
Only a few Illyrian words are cited in Classical sources by Roman or Greek writers:
- brisa, "husk of grapes" [citation needed]
- rhinos, "fog, cloud"; compared to Old Albanian ren, modern Albanian re, "cloud"
- sabaia, sabaium, sabaius, "a type of beer"
- sibina (Lat.), sibyna (Lat.), sybina (Lat.); σιβυνη (Gk.), σιβυνης (Gk.), συβινη (Gk.), ζιβυνη (Gk.): "a hunting spear", generally, "a spear", "pike"; an Illyrian word according to Festius, citing Ennius; is compared to συβηνη (Gk.), "flute case", a word found in Aristophanes' Thesmophoriazusai; the word appears in the context of a barbarian speaking.
Some additional words have been extracted by linguists from toponyms, hydronyms, anthroponyms, etc.:
- lugo, "a pool"; [citation needed] lugine in Albanian means "lake"
- teuta <from the Illyrian personal name Teuta< PIE *teuta-, "people"
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