kulpër

Albanian

Alternative forms

• kulp, kurp, kulb
• Tosk: kurpër
• Gheg: kulpën, kurpën
• Arbëreshë: kurpël, kurpul
• masculine declension: kulpër, -i (pl. -a)

Etymology

Singularized plural of dialectal kulp (“traveller's joy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkulpəɾ/
• Rhymes: -pəɾ
• Hyphenation: kúl‧për

Noun

kulpër f (plural kulpra, definite kulpra, definite plural kulprat)

1. (botany) clematis (Clematis)
2. (northwestern Gheg) wild clematis
3. (ethnography) children’s head garland of clematis worn to celebrate the start of spring
4. (dialectal) bryony
5. ivy
6. hop

Hyponyms

• kulpër e bardhë, kulpër e egër (“traveller's joy”) (Clematis vitalba)
• kulpër e butë (“fragrant clematis”) (Clematis flammula)
• kulpër deti (“leafy caulerpa”) (Caulerpa prolifera)

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “kulpër”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “kulb”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 223