văpaie
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnknown. Possibly from Albanian vapë (“hot weather”),[1][2] from Old Italian vapa (“vapor”),[3] from Latin vapor (“heat, hot air”), though the relationship between the words is uncertain. Another theory is that it is linked to a Vulgar Latin root *vapalia, from vapa.[4] Compare Sicilian vampa.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvăpaie f (plural văpăi) (now literary)
Declension
editDeclension of văpaie
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- ^ Noul dicționar explicativ al limbii române, s.v. "văpaie", Litera Internațional, 2002.
- ^ Academia Română, Institutul de Lingvistică „Iorgu Iordan”, Dicționarul explicativ al limbii române, ediția a II-a, s.v. "văpaie", Univers Enciclopedic, 1998.
- ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. "vapë" (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 494.
- ^ văpaie in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)