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potkua

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from South Slavic,[1][2][3][4] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova / по̀ткова, Romanian potcoavă.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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potkua m (plural potkonj, definite potkoi)

  1. horseshoe

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Meyer, G. (1891), “potkua, poktua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 349–350
  2. ^ Ylli, Xhelal (1997), Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎[1], volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 185
  3. ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “paktua ~ patkue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
  4. ^ Omari, Anila (2012), “potkua”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe [Albanian-Serbian Linguistic Relations] (in Albanian), Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, →ISBN, page 218

Further reading

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  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • potkua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Finnish

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Noun

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potkua

  1. partitive singular of potku