kacarrum

Albanian

Etymology

From kaca- +‎ rrum (“corn-stalk, maize cob”).[1][2]

Noun

kacarrum m (plural kacarruma, definite kacarrumi)

  1. corncob core
    Synonyms: misërishtë, koçan

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacarrum”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
  2. ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 7

Further reading

  • “kacarrum”, 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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