cakos

Albanian

Etymology

From cak (limit, edge, border) +‎ -os.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡saˈkos/

Verb

cakós (aorist cakosa, participle cakosur) (transitive)

  1. to fill up at maximum capacity, to smash.
  2. to collect little by little.
  3. to catch someone red-handed.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987) “cak”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 4

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • cakos”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006