cakë

See also: cake and çakë

Albanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sakə/
• Rhymes: -akə
• Hyphenation: cá‧kë

Etymology 1

Derived from Greek σάκος (sákos), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), most likely from Semitic. A formation with the enforcement of the fricative ‘s’ into an affricate, similar to ca.

Noun

cakë f (plural caka, definite caka, definite plural cakat) (regional, colloquial)

1. little bag

   Synonym: qese

2. part of a payment, quota

Declension

Declension of cakë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	cakë	caka	caka	cakat
accusative		cakën
dative	cake	cakës	cakave	cakave
ablative			cakash

Derived terms

nouns

• cakëz (“little sack”)
• cakúl (“little bag”)
• coqe (“little bag made of buckram”)

See also

• cakull
• canguletë

Etymology 2

Similar to cakël, an elementary formation from cak, meaning a result of slicing and dicing in tiny pieces. Encountered in southern Gheg dialect, Shpat region. Used only in plural.

Noun

cakë m (definite plural cakët)

1. (Gheg) little children

Synonyms

• cullë
• fëmijë

Related terms

• cakël

Further reading

• “cakë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980