gjuaj
Albanian edit
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Etymology edit
From Old Albanian gjuonj, from dialectal Tosk gjonj, from Proto-Albanian *jāgnja, denominative of *jaga (“hunt”). More at gjah. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *śāgn-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”), cognate to Latin sagiō (“acute sentire, to feel”). Phonetically, *seh₂g-mi is also possible.[1]
Verb edit
gjuaj (aorist gjuajta, participle gjuajtur)
- to hunt
- (figurative) to lie in wait for
- to impel an aimed projectile: shoot, throw
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References edit
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 191