krifë

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • krife

Etymology

Back-formation from variant krife (plurale tantum), from Proto-Albanian *kripsijā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱripes- ‘headhair’ (compare Latin crinis ‘mane’).[1] More at krip.

Noun

krifë f (indefinite plural krifa, definite singular krifa)

  1. mane
  2. crest (of a helmet)
  3. pile or sheaf of cornstalks left in the field during harvest

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References
  1. J.P. Mallory & D.Q. Adams, eds., Encyclopedia of Indo-European Culture (London: Fitzroy-Dearborn, 1997), 251.
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