shpullë

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by ArbDardh (talk | contribs) as of 17:27, 12 December 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *eś-pulā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-eh₂ < *pleh₂- (to spread out). Compare Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, palm), Latin palma. [1]

Pronunciation

Noun

shpullë f (plural shpulla, definite shpulla, definite plural shpullat)

  1. palm
  2. slap

Declension

References

  1. ^ Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 230.