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”).

Verb

kërrus (aorist kërrusa, participle kërrusur)

1. to bend (one's back)

   Synonyms: përkul, përkulem, gërmuq

Related terms

• kurriz
• tkurr

 

Further reading

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