kulpër
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Albanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- kulp, kurp, kulb
- Tosk: kurpër
- Gheg: kulpën, kurpën
- Arbëreshë: kurpël, kurpul
- masculine declension: kulpër, -i (pl. -a)
Etymology[edit]
Singularized plural of dialectal kulp (“traveller's joy”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
kulpër f (plural kulpra, definite kulpra, definite plural kulprat)
- (botany) clematis (Clematis)
- (northwestern Gheg) wild clematis
- (ethnography) children’s head garland of clematis worn to celebrate the start of spring
- (dialectal) bryony
- ivy
- hop
Hyponyms[edit]
- kulpër e bardhë, kulpër e egër (“traveller's joy”) (Clematis vitalba)
- kulpër e butë (“fragrant clematis”) (Clematis flammula)
- kulpër deti (“leafy caulerpa”) (Caulerpa prolifera)
Further reading[edit]
- “kulpër”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980
- “kulpër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kulb”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223