Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew-t (skin, hide) (compare Welsh cwd (scrotum), Latin cutis (skin), Lithuanian kutys (purse, money-belt), Ancient Greek κύτος (kútos, hollow vessel), σκῦτος (skûtos, cover, hide). Related to Proto-Indo-European *(s)kew- (to hide, to cover). Compare Old English hūs (dwelling, shelter, house), German Haus (house).

Noun edit

kaush m (plural kausha, definite kaushi, definite plural kaushat)

  1. container or bag (generally for holding food), cone
  2. big chamber, room, dormitory
  3. (a dark) prison cell