kërrus

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *karnutja, based on a nominal derivative in *-ut-, related to Ancient Greek κυρτός (kurtós, “curved, bent”), Latin curvus (“id”).[1]

Verb

kërrus (aorist kërrusa, participle kërrusur)

  1. to bend (one's back)
    Synonyms: përkul, përkulem, gërmuq

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kërrus”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 184

Further reading
  • “kërrus”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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