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)

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Noun

kokë f (plural kokë, definite 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)

Declension

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

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	kokë	koka	kokë	kokët
accusative		kokën
dative	kokeje	kokës	kokëve	kokëve
ablative			kokësh

Declension of kokë

Synonyms

• krye

Derived terms

derivatives

• kokare
• kokarushë
• kokazë
• kokël
• kokërr
• kokës
• kokët
• kokëz
• kokje
• koklëz
• kokore
• koksë
• kokull
• koqe

References

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