këmborë

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Romance *campona, variant of Late Latin campāna.[1]

Noun

këmborë f (definite këmborë)

  1. bell worn by pastoral animals: cow-bell, sheep-bell
  2. (derogatory) subservient person exploited by others

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “këmborë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 177
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