katoç

Albanian

Etymology

Akin to kaçkë (“walnut”).

Noun

katoç m (definite katoçi) (dialectal, Tirana)

1. walnut (nut)

   Synonyms: arrë, kaçkë

2. piece, head

   Synonym: kokërr

3. The knot on a handkerchief in the children game torkë.

   Synonyms: torkë, turrë

Derived terms

• katoçnoç

 

References

• Edukata e Ré. Revistë pedagogjike (in Albanian), number 2, Tirana: Gutenberg, 1930, page 70a
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “katoç”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 189a