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kaca-

Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Uncertain. Likely akin to Greek κατσο- (katso-) and possibly borrowed from it.[1] Alternatively from kec, kac (“goat, lamb”).[2]

Prefix edit

kaca-

  1. A prefixoid denoting sharpness, roughness, abruptness and/or curvity.

Derived terms edit

Albanian terms prefixed with kaca-

References edit

  1. ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 13
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kacabu ~ kacabû”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 161
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