kurriz
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
Noun[edit]
kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)
- (anatomy) back; spine
- Synonym: shpinë
- something similar to a back, behind something
- (figurative) self
- Synonym: vetë
Declension[edit]
Declension of kurriz
References[edit]
- Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kurriz”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 207
Categories:
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Albanian
- Albanian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Albanian 2-syllable words
- Albanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Albanian lemmas
- Albanian nouns
- Albanian masculine nouns
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