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kaca-

Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Prefix

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kaca-

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

Derived terms

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Albanian terms prefixed with kaca-

References

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  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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