cakë

See also: cake and çakë

Albanian

Etymology

Derived from Greek σάκος (sákos), from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sákkos, “sack, bag; sackcloth”), most likely from Semitic. A formation with the enforcement of the fricative ‘s’ into an affricate, similar to ca.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡sakə/
  • Rhymes: -akə
  • Hyphenation: cá‧kë

Noun

cakë f (plural caka, definite caka, definite plural cakat) (regional, colloquial)

  1. little bag
    Synonym: qese
  2. part of a payment, quota

Declension

Declension of cakë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cakë caka caka cakat
accusative cakën
dative cake cakës cakave cakave
ablative cakash

Derived terms

nouns
  • cakëz (“little sack”)
  • cakúl (“little bag”)
  • coqe (“little bag made of buckram”)

See also

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cakë”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 5

Further reading

  • “cakë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
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