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bark

Pronunciation: /baɾk/

“bark” is an Albanian word. Its 11 meanings in English:

noun

  1. belly
  2. stomach or intestines as parts of the digestive system
  3. pelvic cavity, uterus
  4. all offspring a mother births to with the same male (human or animal)
  5. lineage, all offspring of the same mother
  6. generation
  7. convex side of an object, bulge, curve
  8. interior part of an object, the hollow part
  9. the middle part of timeline
  10. diarrhea, dysentery
  11. heart (in the sense of bravery)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *báruka, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰor-uko-, from *bʰer- (“to carry”). Compare Messapic βάρυκα (báruka). A doublet of bie, barrë, and barrë. Another reconstruction is Proto-Albanian *bárkʷa-, from earlier *bʰórkʷu- "belly", from a PIE *bʰorkʷó-, from *bʰer- (“to carry”).

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