Albanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Albanian *vōnja, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *ṷen- (strive, wish, desire, love), close to Gothic winnan (to suffer), Hittite [script needed] (ṷen-, to have sexual intercourse) and Latin venus (love). In a particular semantic twist, attributed to Latin vīvere "to live" by Orel, with regular effacement of Latin v /w/ after vowels other than /u/ (cf. latyrë < lavātūra, shqa < sclavus, noshtër < novaster, etc).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

vuaj (aorist vuajta, participle vuajtur)

  1. (intransitive) to suffer, to feel pain
  2. (transitive) to suffer, to endure

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Descendants edit

  • Aromanian: vuest

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “vuaj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 516