kërbë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *karbā, related to Latin corbis (“basket”), Lithuanian karbas (“basket”), Latvian karba (“birch bark vessel”)[1].

Noun

kërbë f (indefinite plural kërba, definite singular kërba, definite plural kërbat)

  1. tub, barrel

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kërbë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 180
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