lëkurë

Albanian

Alternative forms

• likurë [liquɾə] {Skopje.} (Gheg)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian * ̊kurā, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *(s)keuh₁- (“to cover (over), wrap (up)”). Cognate to Ancient Greek σκύλος (skúlos, “fell, pell, rind”) & Latin corium (“leather, skin.”). Related to lakur (“naked”) (now dialectal). See also lakuriq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləkuɹə/

Noun

lëkurë f (definite lëkura)

1. (anatomy) skin
2. leather

   Synonym: meshin