kaçkë
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately likely a result of sound symbolism, compare the synonymous katoç, kakrruk, çaçanik, Aromanian cucoashi/cucoashe, dialectal Turkish şakşakı.
Noun
[edit]kaçkë f (plural kaçka) (colloquial)
- walnut (nut)
- hollow walnut
- Synonym: fyrbë
- (figurative, derogatory) ignorant, uncultured person, dunce
- Synonyms: mendjelehtë, birbo
- (dialectal) corncob
- Synonyms: koçan, misërishte, rrumb, kalli
- Dialectal form of kafkë (“skull”)
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “káçk/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language][1] (in Albanian), 1980, page 756ab
- Lloshi, Xhevat (2010) “kaçka”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 138b
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kaçkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 173a
- Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904) “κάτσκε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 147