kockë
See also: kocke
Albanian
Alternative forms
- koskë
- goskë — Berat
Etymology 1
From South Slavic; cf. Macedonian коска (koska), Serbo-Croatian kȍska.[1]
Noun
kockë f (plural kocka, definite kocka, definite plural kockat)
- (anatomy) bone
- (figurative) core of a person's character, essential nature
- (figurative) strong character
Synonyms
Derived terms
- kockaman
- kockanjar
- kockëbutë
- kockëdalë
- kockëfortë
- kockëgjerë
- kockëhollë
- kockëmadh
- kockërina, kockurina
- kockëtrashë
- kockëvogël
- kockëzues
- kockor
References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kockë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 187
Etymology 2
From South Slavic; cf. Macedonian коцка (kocka), Serbo-Croatian kȍcka ‘die, cube’.[1]
Noun
kockë f (plural kocka, definite kocka, definite plural kockat)
- die used in a children's dice game
- (figurative) trinket, small thing of no value
References
- ^ Xhelal Ylli, Das slawische Lehngut im Albanischen, vol. 1: Lehnwörter (Munich: Otto Sagner, 1997), 121.