Etymology

Possibly from *gogë (cf. gogël), a devoiced variant, from Proto-Indo-European *gag-, *gog- 'a round object'. Compare Lithuanian gúogė ‎(“cabbage head, head, thick skull”), Old Norse kokkr ‎(“ball, hump”), Swedish koka ‎(“clod, clod of earth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [kɔkə] (Tosk)
• (Gheg)