çepi

See also: cepi

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • çefi

Etymology

Possibly from qep (“sew”), via a figurative sense “to mend” or “to hold together”. The form with /f/ might have arisen by influence of qejf, qef (“pleasure, good mood”).

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Noun

çepi f (definite çepia) (dialectal, Tirana)

  1. care
    Synonym: kujdes
    gratë duhet të kenë çepi për shpi
    women must take care of the house

References

  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “çepí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 57b
  • “çepí-ja”, in Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 1, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 36a
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