badifokë
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Venetian batifogo (“firestriker”), with a semantic shift from the firestriker to the pouch containing it.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]badifokë f (plural badifoka)
- (archaic) skin pouch carrying flint and tinder (to light a fire), or tobacco
- (regional) purse, wallet (carrying money)
References
[edit]- Dashi, B. (2013) “batifogo”, in Italianismi nella lingua albanese (in Italian), Edizioni Nuova Cultura, →ISBN, page 93
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “badifogë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 16b
- Jungg, G. (1895) “badifogh”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 3*