potkua

Albanian

Alternative forms

• patkua
• potkue, patkue — Gheg
• poktua, petkua — Tosk

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic,^[1][2][3][4] ultimately from Proto-Slavic *podъkova. Compare Bulgarian подко́ва (podkóva), Serbo-Croatian pòtkova／по̀ткова, Romanian potcoavă.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /potˈkua/

Noun

potkua m (plural potkonj, definite potkoi)

1. horseshoe

Derived terms

• potkoj

 

References

1. Meyer, G. (1891) “potkua, poktua”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, pages 349–350
2. Ylli, Xhelal (1997) Das slavische Lehngut im Albanischen (Slavistische Beiträge; 350)‎, volume 1. Lehnwörter, Munich: Otto Sagner, page 185
3. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “paktua ~ patkue”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 313
4. Omari, Anila (2012) “potkua”, in Marrëdhëniet Gjuhësore Shqiptaro-Serbe, Tirana, Albania: Krishtalina KH, page 218

Further reading

• “potkua”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
• “potkua”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006