# fugë
## Albanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfuɡə/
* Rhymes: -uɡə

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian fȕga / фу̏га, the Montenegrin form of vȕga / ву̏га (“oriole”).

#### Noun

fugë f (plural fuga)
* female equivalent of beng. golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus)
    Synonyms: beng, fikës
* (dialectal) fig-eater (Curruca or Sylvia hortensis)
    Synonym: bilbilth këngëtar
* (dialectal) goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)
    Synonym: kryeartëz
* (figurative) small, fat and clumsy girl

#### References

* “fúg/ë,~a i”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 514b
* Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “fuga I”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 101
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “fugë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 117b
* Meyer, G. (1891) “fugɛ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 113

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Venetan fogo (“fire”).

#### Noun

fugë f (plural fuga)
* flame
    Synonyms: zjarr, flakë
* great heat
    Synonyms: vapë, të nxehtë
* (colloquial) burst, surge, dash
    Synonyms: hov, vrull

#### References

* “fúg/ë,~a ii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 514b
* Dashi, B. (2013) “fogo”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 211
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “fugë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 117b

### Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

fugë f (plural fuga)
* spinning top
    Synonym: verrle
* children's toy consisting of a piece of plank held with a rope to a side and made to rotate in the air (Is there an English equivalent to this definition?)
* rattle
    Synonym: rrake
* (technical) round part of a mechanism that rotates around its axis
    Synonym: çikrik

#### References

* “fúg/ë,~a iv”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 514b
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “fugë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 117b

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Italian fuga. For sense 3 compare its taxonomic name Gyrinus, from Latin gȳrus (“circular motion”), as well as French tourniquet, English whirligig, German Taumelkäfer.

#### Noun

fugë f (plural fuga) (regional)
* act of running, hurrying
    Synonyms: vrap, fugim
* whirlpool; whirlwind
    Synonyms: shtjellë, vorbull
* common whirligig beetle (Gyrinus natator)

##### Derived terms

* fugoj

#### Adverb

fugë (regional)
* immediately, very fast
    Synonyms: menjëherë, fluturimthi, shpejt

#### References

* “fúg/ë,~a iii”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎, 1980, page 514b
* Dashi, B. (2013) “fuga”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 218
* Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “fuga II”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 101a

### Etymology 5

Internationalism, compare Italian fuga, French fugue, German Fuge.

#### Noun

fugë f
* (music) fugue

#### References

* Dashi, B. (2013) “fuga”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 218
* Mann, S. E. (1948) “fugë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 117b
* “фуга” in Дигитален речник на македонскиот јазик (Digitalen rečnik na makedonskiot jazik) [Digital dictionary of the Macedonian language] − drmj.eu

### Etymology 6

Compare German Fuge, Serbo-Croatian fúga / фу́га.

#### Alternative forms

* fukë

#### Noun

fugë f (masonry slang)
* space between tiles

#### References

* Dashi, B. (2013) “fuga”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 218