ašaka

== Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Balto-Slavic *aś-aka-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”). Cognate with Latvian asaka (“fishbone”), Polish osoka (“water soldier”), Russian осо́ка (osóka, “sedge”), Belarusian асака́ (asaká, “id.”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɑ̌ːʃɐkɐ/ === Noun === ãšaka f (plural ãšakos) stress pattern 1 bran chaff fishbone spine, chine ==== Declension ==== === References === “ašaka”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2026 Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “ãšaka”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University, page 47