shpullë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *eś-pulā, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂-eh₂ < *pleh₂- (“to spread out”). Compare Ancient Greek παλάμη (palámē, “palm”), Latin palma. [1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ʃpuːɫ]

Noun

shpullë f (indefinite plural shpulla, definite singular shpulla, definite plural shpullat)

  1. palm
  2. slap

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 230.
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