nofull

Albanian

Etymology

From Latin in offulā, from offula (“small bit”); compare Neapolitan gnuòffele, guòffole (“jawbone”).[1][2]

Noun

nofull f (indefinite plural nofulla, definite singular nofulla, definite plural nofullat)

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
  2. clamp

Derived terms
  • nofullor

Compounds
  • nofulldalë
  • nofullgjerë
  • nofullshtrëmbër

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 301.
  2. Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 383:4.
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