kaca-

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • kaça-, kaci-, kaçi-, kacu-

Etymology

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

Prefix

kaca-

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

Derived terms
  • kacamic
  • kacamit
  • kacavarem
  • kacimare
  • kacirom
  • kacubri
  • kaçaberr
  • kaçadel
  • kaçadredhë
  • kaçalyt
  • kaçamik
  • kaçamill
  • kaçamol
  • kaçanduk
  • kaçapordhicë
  • kaçarrênë
  • kaçibabi
  • kaçirubë
Albanian terms prefixed with kaca-

References
  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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