nofull
Albanian
Etymology
From Latin in offulā, from offula (“small bit”); compare Neapolitan gnuòffele, guòffole (“jawbone”).[1][2]
Noun
nofull f (indefinite plural nofulla, definite singular nofulla, definite plural nofullat)
- (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
- clamp
Derived terms
- nofullor
Compounds
- nofulldalë
- nofullgjerë
- nofullshtrëmbër
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 301.
- Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 383:4.