cënorë

Albanian

Etymology

From cen.[1] Lambertz groups it with other Arbëresh words such as cinoj (“to sting, to pierce”) (passive voice cinohem, in Piana degli Albanesi), cëmdonj (“to poke, to mock”) (in Montecilfone), and cënoj, and wrongly derives it from cimb (“sting”), claiming a parallel formation with dialectic Calabrian nzinniare (“to poke, to prod”), from Italian zinnare, from Latin cinnus (“grimace; wink”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sənoɾə/

Noun

cënorë f

  1. (Arbëresh) cussword, vulgar epithet
    Synonym: sharje

References

  1. ^ Meyer, Gustav (1891) Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (Sammlung indogermanischer Wörterbücher), volume 3, Strassburg: Trübner, →OCLC, page 440
  2. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cënorë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 25
  3. ^ Lambertz, Maximilian (1925) Italo-albanische Dialektstudien (Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Sprachforschung auf dem Gebiete der Indogermanischen Sprachen)‎[1], volume 53, Berlin-Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, →OCLC, page 301
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