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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *kurn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kur- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “crooked, bent”) and Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).
Verb
tkurr (aorist tkurra, participle tkurrë)
- to contract, draw together, shrink up
- Antonym: bymej
References
- Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 220