Fromanë(“container”) +-i, subsequently relevelled to-je. For semantical parallels between“ship” and“container” compareEnglishvessel,GermanSchiff, etc. Given how its earliest attestations are in Calabria,Topalli (2017) suggests that it is possible that the word was coined there and came to Albania via literary works. InBashkimi (1908) it is labelled as “Rada”, see quote below.Sense 3 is asemantic loan from European languages, compareLatinnāvis(“ship; nave”).
anije f (pluralanije,definiteanija,definite pluralanijet)
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | anije | anija | anije | anijet |
| accusative | anijen | |||
| dative | anijeje | anijes | anijeve | anijeve |
| ablative | anijesh | |||