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shkop

Pronunciation: /ˈʃkop/

“shkop” is an Albanian word. Its 14 meanings in English:

noun

  1. stick, pole, staff, rod, baton
  2. sceptre
  3. billiard cue
  4. violin bow
  5. walking cane
  6. pin connecting the ploughshare to the handle
  7. blow (especially if with a stick)
  8. great reproach, rebuke
  9. coercion, forceful obligation, violence
  10. threat
  11. chopsticks (eating utensil)
  12. idiot, boor
  13. rail, fishplate
  14. lath

Etymology

Akin to Doric Greek σκᾶπος (skâpos, “branch”) and Latin scāpus (“shaft, stem”). A common inheritance is unlikely as initial *sk- generally yields h-, so it must be either a borrowing from Doric or, in view of the -ā- > -o- shift, an early borrowing from Latin.

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