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]

  • IPA(key): /kuˈriz/, [kʊˈriz]

Noun[edit]

kurriz m (plural kurrize, definite kurrizi, definite plural kurrizet)

  1. (anatomy) back; spine
    Synonym: shpinë
  2. something similar to a back, behind something
  3. (figurative) self
    Synonym: vetë

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