thupër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thupur, thuprë

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *upera (“upper”), etymologically related to Old High German obar and Latin super. Alternatively a variant of shufër.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈθupəɾ/
• Rhymes: -upəɾ

Noun

thupër f (plural thupra, definite thupra, definite plural thuprat)

1. twig, rod
   • 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, scala 2, Capitolo 2:

     Gen. 8. Parrijssi goditete. Mojsessi sctihetè ndè spoortè ξξuprasc

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   • 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, scala 2, Discorso 3:

     e ti kè me folè me mue, ξξuperè ende merrè ndorè tandè, me tè sijet ke me bam scègnietè;

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2. bow (for a stringend instrument)

Declension

Declension of thupër

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	thupër	thupra	thupra	thuprat
accusative		thuprën
dative	thupre	thuprës	thuprave	thuprave
ablative			thuprash

Derived terms

• thupërz

 

Further reading

• Bardhi, Frang (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181: “verber — Scop, ξupre, mhʃcicheie”
• Jungg, G. (1895) “ξξuper”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct, page 164