repë

See also: repe

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *raupā, from Proto-Indo-European *reup 'to tear, to break'. Cognate to Old Norse rauf (“pit”), Lithuanian raupiù, raũpti (“to hollow out”)[1].

Noun

repë f (indefinite plural repa, definite singular repa, definite plural repat)

  1. desert

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 368
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