copë

Borrowed from Venetan zopa (“clod”).^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɔpə/

cópë f (plural copa / copëra, definite copa, definite plural copat / copërat)

1. piece, part

   Synonym: pjesë

2. fragment of an artistic work

   copa melodish ― melody fragments

3. fabric , woven cloth

   Synonyms: pëlhurë, cohë

   copë për fustan ― fabric for a dress

4. (figurative) something with very little value or power, a poor one

   atë copë burrë ― that poor husband

5. (botany) scion, hardwood cutting
6. (Arvanitika) cannonball, artillery shell

   Synonyms: gjyle, predhë

or

cópë f (plural copë, definite copa, definite plural copët)

2. exemplar, unit, piece

copë

1. bluntly, frankly

   Synonyms: hapur, troç, haptazi

   ia tha copë ― (he) said it bluntly

• → Serbo-Croatian: (“big piece, bread”) (regional)

  Cyrillic script: цопач

  Latin script: copač

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “copë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Newmark, L. (1999), “copë”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary