kokë

See also: koke

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Originally only ‘spherical object’, borrowed from Latin coccum (“scarlet berry, gall”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [kɔkə] (Tosk)
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  • (Gheg)
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Noun

kokë f (indefinite plural kokë, definite singular koka, definite plural kokët)

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

Synonyms
  1. krye

Derived terms
derivatives
  • kokare
  • kokarushë
  • kokazë
  • kokël
  • kokërr
  • kokës
  • kokët
  • kokëz
  • kokje
  • koklëz

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