Albanian
Etymology
From Latin in offulā, from offula (“small bit”); compare Neapolitan gnuòffele, guòffole (“jawbone”).[1][2]
Noun
nofull f (plural nofulla, definite nofulla, definite plural nofullat)
- (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
- clamp
Derived terms
Compounds
References
- ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 301.
- ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 383:4.