purtekë
Albanian
Alternative forms
- prutekë, portekë, prutkë
Etymology
Metathesis of dialectal prutekë, from South Slavic; cf. Bulgarian прътак (prǎtak), прътец (prǎtec), Serbo-Croatian prutak.[1][2]
Noun
purtekë f (indefinite plural purteka, definite singular purteka, definite plural purtekat)
- withe, switch
- rod, bar
- (regional) knitting needle
- (colloquial) beating with a stick
Synonyms
- shufër
- (withe, switch): vishkull
- (long stick, rod, bar): furatë, shtagë
Derived terms
- purtekëz
References
- Gunnar Svane, Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Århus: Aarhus University Press, 1992), 121–2.
- Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 351.