cipë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Either a derivative of cip (point tip), or (if from t(ë?)- + *zipë) connected to a hypothetical Proto-Indo-European *gʰwíbʰ- (shame, pudenda) (though the -p- instead of the expected *-b- remains unexplained) which has been postulated for an etymology (itself speculative, suggested in 1989[1]) connecting English wife with Tocharian A kwīpe, Tocharian B kip (vagina).

Noun

cipë f (plural cipa, definite cipa, definite plural cipat)

  1. shame, pudenda
  2. membrane

Declension

References

  1. Klaus Totila Schmit and Klaus Strunk, “Toch. B kwī̆pe ‘Schaum, Schande’, A kip ‘Schaum’ und germ. *wīƀa ‘Weib’”, Indogermanica Europaea: Festschrift für Wolfgang Meid (Graz: Institut für Sprachwissenschaft der Universität Graz, 1989), pages 251-284
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