cipë

See also: cipe, -cipe, CIPE, and cipę

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either a derivative of cip (“point tip”), or (if from t(ë?)- + *zipë) connected to a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gʰwíbʰ- (“shame, pudenda”) (though the -p- instead of the expected *-b- remains unexplained) which has been postulated for an etymology (itself speculative, suggested in 1989[1]) connecting English wife with Tocharian A kwīpe, Tocharian B kip (“vagina”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sipə/

Noun

cipë f (plural cipa, definite cipa, definite plural cipat)

  1. shame, pudenda
  2. membrane, peel
    Synonyms: lëkurë, cepë, leskër, lëmazë, mazë, vëmesë

Declension

Declension of cipë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cipë cipa cipa cipat
accusative cipën
dative cipe cipës cipave cipave
ablative cipash

References

  1. ^ Klaus Totila Schmit and Klaus Strunk, “Toch. B kwī̆pe ‘Schaum, Schande’, A kip ‘Schaum’ und germ. *wīƀa ‘Weib’”, Indogermanica Europaea: Festschrift für Wolfgang Meid (Graz: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Graz, 1989), pages 251-284

Further reading

  • “cipë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.