Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *lup-esja, from llup (to gulp down, swallow) (Proto-Albanian *lupa), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *lupa. Compare Sanskrit लुम्पति (lumpáti, to break down, injure), Lithuanian lùpti (to peel), Latvian lupt (to peel; eat), Proto-Slavic *lupiti (to peel).[1]

Noun

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lupesh m

  1. glutton
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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 159