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Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Italian strega or from Venetan striga. However, the pronunciation points to a borrowing from Albanian shtrigë.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtrîɡa/
- Hyphenation: štri‧ga
Noun
štrȉga f (Cyrillic spelling штри̏га)
- (regional) witch, hag
References
- “štriga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃtrîːɡa/
- Hyphenation: štri‧ga
Noun
štrȋga f (Cyrillic spelling штри̑га)
- earwig
- house centipede
References
- “štriga”, in Hrvatski jezični portal (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024