Albanian edit

Etymology edit

From kaca- +‎ mbyt (to choke).[1]

Verb edit

kacambyt (aorist kacambyta, participle kacambytur)

  1. (mediopassive) See kacambytem.
  2. (transitive) to grab by one's throat. to choke
    Synonyms: kacafyt, mbyt

Derived terms edit

References edit

  1. ^ Krimpas, P. G. (2021) “On the Modern Greek Origin of the Albanian KACA-prefixoids”, in Porta Balkanica, →ISSN, page 7

Further reading edit

  • kacambyt”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006