keq
Albanian
Etymology
- From Proto-Albanian *kakja, either from Proto-Indo-European *kaw- (compare Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”), Lithuanian keñti (“to be evil”),[1][2] or from a Mediterranean substrate word along with the Ancient Greek cognate.
- From Proto-Albanian *kakii̯a / *kakii̯ā, compare Ancient Greek κακός (kakós, “bad”). [3]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɛcɕ/
Antonyms
Antonyms
See also
- më vjen keq
References
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 175.
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 223, 239.
- Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 239.
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