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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *makā, which has entered the declension of the feminine -eh₂-stems, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ek- (“wet, moist”). Cognate to Serbo-Croatian mȍkar (“wet”), Lithuanian makõnė (“mud”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmakə/,
- Rhymes: -akə
- Hyphenation: má‧kë
Noun
makë f (plural máka, definite máka, definite plural mákat)
- scum (on liquids), pond scum
- Synonym: shtrap
- spiderweb, cobweb
- Synonyms: cergë, pëlhurë merimange
- glue, paste made of flour and cornstarch
- Synonyms: ngjitës, qiriç
- cream
- Synonyms: mazë, ajkë
Derived terms
Further reading
- “makë”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “makë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Mann, S. E. (1948) “makë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 260