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
Declension of cipë
indefinite definite
singular plural singular plural
nominative cipë cipa cipa cipat
accusative cipën
dative cipe cipave cipës cipavet
ablative cipash

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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