kikirik

Albanian

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian chicchi ricchi ("rich grains"), compare Serbo-Croatian kikiriki.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kikiɾik/

Noun

kikirik m (plural kikirikë, definite kikiriku, definite plural kikirikët)

  1. peanut

Declension

Declension of kikirik
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kikirik kikiriki kikirikë kikirikët
accusative kikirikin
dative kikiriki kikirikit kikirikëve kikirikëve
ablative kikirikësh

References

  1. ^ Topalli, Kolec (2017) “kikirik”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 765