kalivare
Albanian
editEtymology
editFrom kali- (expressive prefix) + var (“to hang”).[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editkalivare f (plural kalivare, definite kalivarja, definite plural kalivaret)
- plank of wood used to hang strings of corn, tobacco, etc.
- strings of corn, tobacco hanged for drying
- something hanged from above, substance that flows down from above, tricking down
- (also adverb) stream
- Synonym: rrëkajë
References
edit- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kalivare”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 166