unë

See also: Appendix:Variations of "une"

Albanian

Alternative forms

• una — dialectal
• u, uth — Arbëresh
• un — Gheg [ũn]

Etymology 1

Compound of archaic and dialectal u +‎ -në (particle) (compare Tosk Albanian ti (“you”) vs. Gheg tinë). U is from earlier *udh, from Proto-Albanian *udz, from *uǵ, with vowel from *túh₂ (see ti), from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Accusative mua (var. mue) is from emphatic *h₁mēm, clitic më is from clitic *h₁me, and ablative meje is from locative *h₁moí + j + -e (ablative ending of nouns). Arbëresh has uth (u + diminutive -th).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [unə]

Pronoun

unë (accusative mua, dative mua, ablative meje)

1. I

   Unë jam njeri i lirë.

   I am a free man.

Declension

forms of unë

	unë (1st person singular)
nominative	unë
ablative	meje
	full form	clitic
accusative	mua	më
dative	mua	më
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	im	imi

Related terms

• në (also spelled ne, na)

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		unë	ne
2nd person		ti	ju
3rd person	m	ai	ata
	f	ajo	ato

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *wantā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wn̥tós (“wounded”). Compare English wound, Old Armenian վանդեմ (vandem, “to drive away, destroy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈunə]

Noun

unë f

1. potsherd