çapë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *tšapā, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱoph₂ós. Compare Russian копа́ть (kopátʹ, “to dig”), Sanskrit शफ (śapháḥ, “hoof, claw”), English hoof.

Noun

çapë f (indefinite plural çapa, definite singular çapa, definite plural çapat)

  1. hard earth layer (while digging)
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