kaçubë
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Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]An early Slavic loanword, from Proto-Slavic *kočubъ ~ *kočuba ("crest, tuft").[1] Topalli suggests a derivation from cub (“short-tailed”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]kaçubë f (plural kaçuba, definite kaçuba, definite plural kaçubat)
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[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kaçubë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 162
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “kaçubë”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, pages 685-686