rribë
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *wribā, from Proto-Indo-European *uerb(h)- 'to turn, to bend'. Close to Lithuanian virbas (“rod, birch-rod, twig”), Slavic* vьrba 'pussy-willow'[1].
Noun
rribë f (indefinite plural rriba, definite singular rriba, definite plural rribat)
- gale, wind; waterfall, torrent
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.386