kurriz

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /kuˈriz/, [kʊˈriz]

Etymology

From *kurr and suffix -iz, from Proto-Albanian *kurna, from Proto-Indo-European *k(ʷ)or(H)- (compare Latvian cęrs ‘stump, knotty root’, Serbo-Croatian kȍrijen ‘root’). By analogy of a root (taproot) with the spine.

Noun

kurriz m (indefinite plural kurrizë, definite singular kurrizi, definite plural kurrizët)

  1. (anatomy) back; spine

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