kacafyt
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From kaca- + fyt (“throat”).[1][2]
Verb[edit]
kacafyt (aorist kacafyta, participle kacafytur) (transitive)
- to grab by one's throat; to choke
- Synonym: mbyt
- (figurative) to suppress, overcome
- Synonym: mbyt
- (mediopassive) See kacafytem.
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
- ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 6