llap

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *lap-, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *lh2p- (to lick, lap). Cognate to Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō, to sip, lap) and Armenian lap‘em (to lick).[1]

Verb

llap (aorist llapë, participle llapur)

  1. to sip, lap, swallow, eat greedily

References

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