kokë

See also: koke, köke, and Koke

Albanian

Etymology

Originally only “spherical object”, thought to be borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry, gall”). However, due to strong semantical parallels and on geographic grounds, it is perhaps more likely to be derived directly from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”). Compare koqe; "koko" is a Lallwort, or child language for "apple", "cherry" etc.

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔkə] (Tosk)
• IPA^(key): [kɔːk] (Gheg)

Noun

kókë f (plural kokë, definite koka, definite plural kokët)

1. head

   Synonym: krye

2. heading
3. spherical object, e.g. bulb, knob
4. top portion, front, main part
5. (colloquial) heads (of coin)

Declension

Note that in some dialects koka and kokat are the indefinite/definite plural forms.

Declension of kokë

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kokë	koka	kokë	kokët
accusative		kokën
dative	koke	kokës	kokëve	kokëve
ablative			kokësh

Derived terms

• kokare
• kokarushë
• kokazë
• kokël
• kokërr
  • ⇒ kokërrëz
• kokës
• kokët
• kokëz
• kokje
• koklëz
• kokore
• koksë
• kokull
• koqe

Descendants

• →? Aromanian: cocã, coacã
• → Romanian: coacăză

Further reading

• “kokë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006