kaçkë

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

• i kaçkët
• kaçkël
• kaçkinj

 

References

• “káçk/ë,~a”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 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 [Lexikòn tês Albanikês glṓssēs] (in Greek), Athens, page 147