Lexeme: kullirça

Language:
Albanian: Arbëresh
Meaning:
ant
Cognate Set:
kullirça [Albanian: Arbëresh]
Romanised orthography:
kullirça
Phonemic:
kuˈʟiːɾt͜ʃa
Notes: Loan from Calabrian culírcia, 'winged / reddish ant', -ča easily being interpreted as diminutive.[Calabrian pobably shows a folk etymology of Lat. cúlex, -icis 'mosquito' with culo 'ass' + írjere 'errect' with intrusion of -r- from the latter.]