šaka

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Lithuanian

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śokˀāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂- (wooden branch). Cognate with Latvian sakas (horse's collar) and Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā, branch); see the latter for more.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

šakà f (plural šãkos) stress pattern 4

  1. a branch (of a tree)
  2. a branch (of a science)

Declension

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2015) “šaka”, in Etymological Dictionary of the Baltic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 13), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 439

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

Deverbal of Proto-Slavic *čakati (to hold, to grab).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃâka/
  • Hyphenation: ša‧ka

Noun

šȁka f (Cyrillic spelling ша̏ка)

  1. hand
    Synonym: ruka
  2. (regional, Croatia) fist

Declension

Further reading

  • šaka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024