kokallë

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • kokall m ‘bone’
  • kakole f ‘hipbone’

Etymology

From Greek κόκαλο (kókalo).[1]

Noun

kokallë f (indefinite plural kokalla, definite singular kokalla, definite plural kokallat)

  1. (anatomy) bone
  2. (medicine) hipbone, ilium

Synonyms

  1. kockë, asht

References

  1. ↑ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary, s.v. “kakole” (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 164.
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