gribos

Aromanian

Etymology

From gribuescu (“to get a humpback”) +‎ -os.

Adjective

gribos (feminine griboasã, plural gribosh, feminine plural griboasi／griboase)

1. humpbacked, hunchbacked, bent forward

   Synonyms: gãrbuv, guvor, gubes, gãdzãmolj, bubot, ncusurat, cushal, cãmbur, zgrob

Descendants

• → Greek: γκριμπός (gkrimpós)

References

• Cunia, Tiberius (2010) “gribos”, in Dictsiunar a Limbãljei Armãneascã (in Aromanian), Constanța: Editura Cartea Aromãnã, page 515a
• Papahagi, T. (1974) “gribós”, in Dicționarul dialectului aromân, general și etimologic, 2nd edition (overall work in Romanian and French), Bucharest, page 596
• Nikolaḯdis, K. (1909) “γκριμπόσ^ου”, in Ετυμολογικόν λεξικόν της Κουτσοβλαχικής γλώσσης (in Greek), Athens: Τύποις Π. Δ. Σακελλαρίου, page 150
• Dalametra, I. (1906) “gribòs”, in Dicționar macedo-român (in Romanian), Bucharest, page 102a