šaka

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *śokˀāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱokh₂- (“wooden branch”). Cognate with Latvian sakas (“horse's collar”) and Sanskrit शाखा (śā́khā, “branch”); see the latter for more. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ʃɐˈkɐ] === Noun === šakà f (plural šãkos) stress pattern 4 a branch (of a tree) a branch (of a science) ==== Declension ==== === References === == Serbo-Croatian == === Etymology === Deverbal of Proto-Slavic *čakati (“to hold, to grab”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃâka/ Hyphenation: ša‧ka === Noun === šȁka f (Cyrillic spelling ша̏ка, augmentative šačetina) hand Synonym: ruka (regional, Croatia) fist ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “šaka”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026