kurpi

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek κουρούπι (kouroúpi), κουρουπί (kouroupí, “clay pot”), dialectally “clay beehive”.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kuɾˈpi/
  • Rhymes: -pi
  • Hyphenation: kur‧pí

Noun

kurpi f (definite kurpia) (dialectal, Myzeqe)

  1. beehive
    Synonyms: koshere, zgjua, krinë

Further reading

  1. ^ Ímellos, S. D.; Polymérou-Kamiláki, A. (1983) Παραδοσιακός υλικός βίος του ελληνικού λαού [Paradosiakós ylikós víos tou ellinikoú laoú] (in Greek), Athens, page 174
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “kurpí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 229
  • “kurpi-ja”, in Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 5, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 209a

Latvian

Noun

kurpi f

  1. accusative/instrumental singular of kurpe
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