mbush
Albanian
Etymology
From Old Albanian ëmbush, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Albanian *en-busa,[1] or *am-buśś-it,[2] from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *bu-n-s-, nasalized weak stem of *beus- (“to blow up, puff out, swell”) (compare Ancient Greek βυνέω (bunéō, “to stuff”), Old High German pfoso (“bag”)).
Noun
mbush (aorist mbusha, participle mbushur)
- to fill, stuff
- to replenish
- to load a gun
- to complete a period of time
- to backfill (a plant) to protect the roots
- (colloquial) to fulfill, comply with, satisfy
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References
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbush”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 253
- ^ Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 234