tkurr

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kurn-, from Proto-Indo-European *kur- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “crooked, bent”) and Latin curvus (“bent, curved”).

Verb

tkurr (aorist tkurra, participle tkurrë)

1. to contract, draw together, shrink up

   Antonym: bymej

Related terms

• kurriz
• kërrus

References

• Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 220