sisë

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, compare Serbo-Croatian sȉsa／си̏са.[1] Compare also Italian sisa.

Noun

sisë f (plural sisa, definite sisa, definite plural sisat)

  1. breast, teat, nipple, udder
    Synonyms: cicë, thithë, gji

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “sisë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 396

Further reading
  • “sisë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
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