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nofull

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin in offulā, from offula (“small bit”); compare Neapolitan gnuòffele, guòffole (“jawbone”).[1][2]

Noun

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nofull f (plural nofulla, definite nofulla, definite plural nofullat)

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
    Synonym: çaul
  2. clamp

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nofull”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 301
  2. ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 383:4.
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