hëngra

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *gur-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (to swallow). Cognate to Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, to swallow). From hangura, a suppletive verb, which occurs only in the aorist, the participle and in the tempora and modi based on these stems.[1] Structurally close to Hittite [Term?] (/⁠tangarant⁠/, not having eaten), Lithuanian kanká (pain), Old High German hungar (hunger).

Verb[edit]

hëngra (aorist hëngra, participle ngrënë)

  1. to ate

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 297