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shpie

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian * ̊peri-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to get through, pierce”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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shpie (aorist shpura, participle shpurë)

  1. to carry (on)
  2. to bear
  3. to send
  4. to lead (across)

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “shpie”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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