shtalp

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *stalpa,[1] from *stela (modern shtjell), cognate to Middle Low German stalpen (“stagnate”).[2] More at shtjell.

Noun

shtalp m (definite singular shtalpi)

  1. wheat or corn whose grain is still milky
  2. rennet
  3. (colloquial) semen
  4. (Arbëresh) creamy, sweet goat cheese with the texture of milk pudding

Derived terms

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 435-6.
  2. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam - Atlanta: Rodopoi, 1997), 376.
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