thupër

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *upera (“upper”), etymologically related to Old High German obar and Latin super.[1] Alternatively a variant of shufër.[2]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈθupəɾ/
  • Rhymes: -upəɾ

Noun

thupër f (plural thupra, definite thupra, definite plural thuprat)

  1. twig, rod
    • 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, scala 2, Capitolo 2:
      Gen. 8. Parrijssi goditete. Mojsessi sctihetè ndè spoortè ξξuprasc
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1635, Pjetër Bogdani, Cuneus Prophetarum, scala 2, Discorso 3:
      e ti kè me folè me mue, ξξuperè ende merrè ndorè tandè, me tè sijet ke me bam scègnietè;
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. bow (for a stringend instrument)

Declension
Declension of thupër
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative thupër thupra thupra thuprat
accusative thuprën
dative thupre thuprave thuprës thuprave
ablative thuprash

Derived terms
  • thupërz

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “thupër”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 481–482
  2. Meyer, G. (1891) “θuprε”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 92

Further reading
  • Bardhi, F. (1635) Dictionarium Latino Epiroticum (overall work in Latin and Albanian), page 181: “verber — Scop, ξupre, mhʃcicheie”
  • Jungg, G. (1895) “ξξuper”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 164
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