krimb
Albanian
Alternative forms
- krimp, krym (Gheg)
- plural: kërmij, kërminj
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *krima, earlier *krimi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷr̥mis (compare Lithuanian kirmìs, Serbo-Croatian cȓv, Persian کرم (kerm)).
Noun
krimb m (indefinite plural krimba, definite singular krimbi)
Hyponyms
- worms
- krimb i dheut, krimb i shiut, krimb i tokës ‘earthworm’
- krimb i mëndafshit ‘silkworm’ (Bombyx mori)
- krimb i shtypur ‘pork tapeworm’
- krimb i teltë ‘wireworm’ (Agriotes lineatus)
- larvae
- krimb i bizeles ‘pea midge larva’ (Contarinia pisi)
- krimb i boçeve ‘bollworm larva’ (Chloridea obsoleta)
- krimb i kashtës (së grurit) ‘larva of wheat stem sawfly, wheat sawfly borer’ (Cephus pygmeus)
- other
- krimb i bardhë ‘June beetle’
- krimb i grurit ‘grain weevil, corn weevil’ (Calandra granaria)
- krimb jargavec ‘slug’
- krimb i misrit ‘European corn worm, European corn borer (caterpillar)’ (Ostrinia nubilalis)
- krimb i murrmë ‘turnip moth, turnip dart (caterpillar)’ (Agrotis segetum)
See also
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