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Albanian
Etymology
Either a derivative of cip (“point tip”), or (if from t(ë?)- + *zipë) connected to a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gʰwíbʰ- (“shame, pudenda”) (though the -p- instead of the expected *-b- remains unexplained) which has been postulated for an etymology (itself speculative, suggested in 1989) connecting English wife with Tocharian A kwīpe, Tocharian B kip (“vagina”).
Noun
cipë f (plural cipa, definite cipa, definite plural cipat)
- shame, pudenda
- membrane
Declension
References
- ^ Klaus Totila Schmit and Klaus Strunk, “Toch. B kwī̆pe ‘Schaum, Schande’, A kip ‘Schaum’ und germ. *wīƀa ‘Weib’”, Indogermanica Europaea: Festschrift für Wolfgang Meid (Graz: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Graz, 1989), pages 251-284