kokë

See also: koke and Koke

Albanian

Etymology

Originally only “spherical object”, thought to be borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry, gall”).[1] However, due to strong semantical parallels and on geographic grounds, it is perhaps more likely to be derived directly from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”). Compare koqe; "koko" is a Lallwort, or child language for "apple", "cherry" etc.

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [kɔkə] (Tosk)

Noun

kókë f (plural kokë, definite koka, definite plural kokët)

  1. head
    Synonym: krye
  2. heading
  3. spherical object, e.g. bulb, knob
  4. top portion, front, main part
  5. (colloquial) heads (of coin)

Declension

Note that in some dialects koka and kokat are the indefinite/definite plural forms.

Declension of kokë
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative kokë koka kokë kokët
accusative kokën
dative koke kokës kokëve kokëve
ablative kokësh

Derived terms

  • kokare
  • kokarushë
  • kokazë
  • kokël
  • kokërr
    • ⇒ kokërrëz
      • →? Ottoman Turkish: قوقوروز (kukuruz) (see there for further descendants)
  • kokës
  • kokët
  • kokëz
  • kokje
  • koklëz
  • kokore
  • koksë
  • kokull
  • koqe

Descendants

  • →? Aromanian: cocã, coacã

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kokë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 390
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