thupër

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *upera (upper), etymologically related to Old High German obar and Latin super.[1] Alternatively a variant of shufër.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

thupër f (plural thupra, definite thupra, definite plural thuprat)

  1. twig, rod
  2. bow (for a stringend instrument)

Declension

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thupër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 481–482
  2. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “θuprε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 92

Further reading

  • Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181:verber — Scop, ξupre, mhʃcicheie
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “ξξuper”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 164