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