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Albanian
Etymology
From *kurr and suffix -iz, from Proto-Albanian *kurna, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)- (compare Latvian cęrs (“stump, knotty root”), Serbo-Croatian kȍrijen (“root”)). By analogy of a root (taproot) with the spine.
Pronunciation
Noun
kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)
- (anatomy) back
- (anatomy, colloquial) spinal column, spine, backbone
- Synonyms: shtyllë kurrizore, bosht i kurrizit
- hunched back
- back (chair, building, dress), dorsal part
- ridge (of mountain, furrow)
- Synonym: kreshtë
- (figurative) self
- Synonym: vetë
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