rikë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *rika, based on an onomatopoeic verb, close to Lithuanian rìkti (“to cry”).[1]

Noun

rikë f (plural rika, definite rika, definite plural rikat)

  1. duckling, duck

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “rikë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 371
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