kallamboq

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === kallamoq, kollomoq, kollomoç — Gheg kollomboq — Tosk === Etymology === Compare Greek καλαμπόκι (kalampóki), Romanian călămbuc, Aromanian cãlãmbuchi; see more at Ottoman Turkish قلمبك (kalembek). Probably ultimately from Malay kalambaq and reshaped in terms of the unrelated Albanian kallam by folk etymology. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kaɫaˈmboc/ Rhymes: -oc === Noun === kallamboq m (definite kallamboqi) (uncountable, regional) maize, corn (Zea mays) Synonym: misër ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Turkish: kolomoç — Prizren === References === FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980, page 770b Topalli, Kolec (2017), “kallamboq”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in Albanian), Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 701 Mann, S. E. (1948), “kallamboq”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 177b Jungg, G. (1895), “kaλamoc”, in Fialuur i voghel sccȣp e ltinisct [Small Albanian–Italian dictionary], page 53a Meyer, G. (1891), “kaľambóḱ”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the Albanian Language] (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 170