vapë

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Possibly borrowed from Romance, akin to Italian vapa (flame), Romanian văpaie (flame),[1][2] although the Italian term is a poetic hapax found in rhyming context,[3] while the Romanian one is actually often derived from Albanian.[4] Alternatively compare Italian afa (sultriness), possibly ultimately from a Paleo-Balkan *āpʰā, of which vapë would be the regular Tosk outcome.

Noun

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vapë f (definite vapa) (originally Tosk, Arbëresh)

  1. sultriness, warmth, heat (of weather)
    Synonyms: ngrohtësi, bulçim
  2. heat (in the body)
    Synonym: nxehtësi

Derived terms

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Adjective

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vapë

  1. (archaic) hot
    Synonyms: vapët, nxehtë

References

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  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891) “vāpε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 463
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vapë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 494
  3. ^ Monte, Andrea (c. 1200) Ahi lasso doloroso, più non posso (in Italian), lines 18, 22:lo volere, ove l'aggio, fior non cape. [] tenemi in foco con ardenti vape.
  4. ^ văpaie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)

Further reading

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  • “vapë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980