Lexeme: v′èčer

Language:
Macedonian: Visoka
Meaning:
night
Cognate Set:
?*u̯e-k⁽ʷ⁾sp-ero- [Proto-Indo-European]
Romanised orthography:
v′èčer
Phonetic:
ˈβʲe̞tʃe̞ɾ
Phonemic:
ˈvetʃer
Notes: Etymologically 'evening'. The Swadesh term for 'night' without doubt, attested in many contexts and phrases. The original word for 'night', 'nòš', is attested only in one petrified phrase ('whole night'). Its derivative 'nuštòvam' means 'watch, wake' nuštòvam.