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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *spleida, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)plei- (“to split, splice”). Compare Latin spolium (“stripped hide”), Lithuanian spaliai (“flax shives”), Ancient Greek ασπαλον (aspalon, “skin, hide”), σπολάς (spolás, “flayed skin”). Orel derives it from Vulgar Latin firigilīnum.[1] Gheg flî.[2]
Noun
fli f
- sacrifice, offering (to God)
- a traditional dish
Derived terms
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 56
Ewe
Pronunciation
Noun
fli
- asp (water snake) (plural fliwo)
- line
- queue
Verb
fli
- to split
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Middle Norwegian fligja, flygja, from Middle Low German vlīen, vlīgen.
Pronunciation
Verb
fli (present tense flir, past tense flidde, supine flidd or flitt, past participle flidd, present participle fliande, imperative fli)
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References
- “fli” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
- “fli”, in Norsk Ordbok: ordbok over det norske folkemålet og det nynorske skriftmålet, Oslo: Samlaget, 1950-2016