See also: gryke and grykę

Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *grīwīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂, from *gʷerh₃- (to swallow). Compare Latvian grĩva (river mouth), Serbo-Croatian grȉva (mane).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

grykë f (plural gryka, definite gryka, definite plural grykat)

  1. throat
  2. neck of a bottle or other object
  3. gulp
  4. mouth
  5. barrel of a gun
  6. (plural only) tonsils
  7. type of shirt
  8. collar (of a clothing)
  9. gorge
  10. mouth of a river
  11. gulf
  12. best part of a dish
  13. (figurative) beginning of an event, time

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998), “grykë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 126