kapth

Albanian

Etymology

Derivative in -th of an unattested *kap, from Proto-Albanian *kapa, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kep-. Cognate with Lithuanian kāpas (“grave”), kopà (“dune”), Latvian kãpa (“dune”)[1].

Noun

kapth m (indefinite plural kapthe, definite singular kapthi, definite plural kapthet)

  1. path, mule track

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kapth”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 170
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