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grykë

Pronunciation: [ɡɾyːk]

“grykë” is an Albanian word. Its 13 meanings in English:

noun

  1. throat
  2. neck of a bottle or other object
  3. gulp
  4. mouth
  5. barrel of a gun
  6. tonsils
  7. type of shirt
  8. collar (of a clothing)
  9. gorge
  10. mouth of a river
  11. gulf
  12. best part of a dish
  13. beginning of an event, time

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *grykā-, from Pre-Proto-Albanian *grūkā-, from Proto-Indo-European *gruHkeh₂, from older *gruHkó- (“turning, curving”). Orel claims from Proto-Albanian *grīwīkā, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷriHwéh₂, from *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). While *-iwi- to -y- is possible, there is no explanation for the inherited -kë suffix.

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