gjep

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • glep (South Tosk, Arbëreshë, Arvantic)

Etymology

Variant of dialectal glep, from Proto-Albanian *glēpa, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷl̥H-bʰo-, derivative of *gʷelH- ‘to prick, stick’ (compare Lithuanian geluonìs (“sting”), Greek βελόνα (velóna, “needle”)).[1]

Noun

gjep m (indefinite plural gjepa, definite singular gjepi, definite plural gjepat)

  1. spool, bobbin
  2. nozzle, narrow spout at the end of a millrace
  3. pitcher with narrow neck and spout

Synonyms

Derived terms
  • gjepur

Compounds
  • gjepogjerra

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1997), 187.
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