Albanian edit

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Etymology edit

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin pavicula ("rammer").[1]

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Noun edit

pykë f (plural pyka, definite pyka, definite plural pykat)

  1. wedge
  2. (military) spearhead
  3. (figurative, derogatory) idiot

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References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “pykë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 353