kokë

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See also: koke and Koke

Albanian

Etymology

Originally only spherical object, thought to be borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin coccum (scarlet berry, gall).[1] 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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Noun

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

  1. head
  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.

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References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kokë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 390