gjuaj
Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Albanian gjuonj, from dialectal Tosk gjonj, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *jāgnja, denominative of *jaga (“hunt”). More at gjah. Alternatively from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *śāgn-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *seh₂G- (“to trace (out), track”). Cognate to Latin sagio (“acute sentire, to feel”). Phonetically, *seh₂G-mi is also possible.[1]
Verb
gjuaj (aorist gjuajta, participle gjuajtur)
- I hunt
- (figurative) I lie in wait for
- I impel an aimed projectile: shoot, throw
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References
- ^ Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), p.191