çakalle

Albanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic. From çak, mimicking the sound of the wooden chute when hitting the millstone.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃaˈkaɫɛ/

Noun

çakalle f (plural çakalle, definite çakallja, definite plural çakallet)

  1. shoe, slipper, wooden chute that carries grain down to the millstone
    Synonym: trakzë
  2. (figurative) very talkative person
    Synonyms: llafazan, fjalaman, llapaqen

Declension

Declension of çakalle
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative çakalle çakallja çakalle çakallet
accusative çakallen
dative çakalleje çakalles çakalleve çakalleve
ablative çakallesh

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “çakalle”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 78

Further reading

  • “çakalle”, in FMGJSH: Fjalor i madh i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2026
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