kišenė

Pronunciation: [kʲɪ²ˈʃʲæːnʲeː]

“kišenė” is a Lithuanian word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

pocket (pouch in clothing for storing items)
pocket (one's resources, income, means)
pocket (pouch-like part of another object)
pocket (hole into which balls are to be hit)

Etymology

Probably from ki̇̀šti (“to poke, to shove”) + -enė. Older theories have suggested that the word may instead have been borrowed from Slavic; compare Belarusian кі́шка (kíška), Polish kiszka (“intestine, bowel”), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *kyšьka.

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