nofull

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin in offulā, from offula (“small bit”); compare Neapolitan gnuòffele, guòffole (“jawbone”).[1][2]

Noun

nofull f (plural nofulla, definite nofulla, definite plural nofullat)

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
    Synonym: çaul
  2. clamp

Derived terms
  • nofulldalë
  • nofullgjerë
  • nofullor
  • nofullshtrëmbër

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nofull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
  2. Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 383:4.
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