kaçkë

See also: kacke

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kackë — dialectal

Etymology

Ultimately likely a result of sound symbolism, compare the synonymous katoç, kakrruk, çaçanik, Aromanian cucoashi / cucoashe, dialectal Turkish şakşakı.

Noun

kaçkë f (plural kaçka) (colloquial)

  1. walnut (nut)
    Synonyms: arrë, çaçanik, kakrruk, katoç
  2. hollow walnut
    Synonym: fyrbë
  3. (figurative, derogatory) ignorant, uncultured person, dunce
    Synonyms: mendjelehtë, birbo
  4. (dialectal) corncob
    Synonyms: koçan, misërishte, rrumb, kalli
  5. dialectal form of kafkë (“skull”)

Derived terms

  • kaçkël
  • i kaçkët
  • kaçkinj

References

  • “káçk/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 756ab
  • Lloshi, Xhevat (2010), “kaçka”, in Fjalor i emrave të bimëve dhe të kafshëve shqip–latinisht dhe latinisht–shqip (in Albanian), Skopje, Pristina, Tirana: Logos-A, →ISBN, page 138b
  • Mann, S. E. (1948), “kaçkë”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 173a
  • Kristoforidhi, Kostandin (1904), “κάτσκε̯-α”, in Λεξικὸν τῆς Ἀλβανικῆς γλώσσης [Lexikón tís Alvanikís glóssis] (in Greek), Athens, page 147
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