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Albanian
Etymology
From kali- (expressive prefix) + qafë (“neck”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kaliˈqafə/
- Rhymes: -afə
- Hyphenation: ka‧li‧qá‧fë
Adverb
kaliqafë
- pickaback, astride
- Synonyms: kaliboç, kalakiç
Further reading
- “kaliqafë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “kaliqafë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “kalapesh […] kalaqafë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 175