kabisht
Albanian
Etymology
Either a formation in -sht, from an unattested *kap, from Proto-Albanian *kaba (cf. Lithuanian kabeti (“to hang”), kabà (“crooked tree”))[1], or a ka- prefixed form of bisht.
Noun
kabisht m (indefinite plural kabishte, definite singular kabishti, definite plural kabishtet)
- earwig
Related terms
- bisht
References
- Orel, Vladimir (1998), “kabisht”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, page 160