mbyt

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ambi-witja, from Proto-Indo-European *with₂-.[2] Compare Sanskrit व्यथते (vyáthate, “to sway, to tremble”), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬚𐬏𐬭𐬀 (aiβiθūra, “strong, unwavering”), and Icelandic viða (“to waver, swing”).

Verb

mbyt (aorist mbyta, participle mbytur)

  1. to strangle, suffocate, choke to death
  2. to stifle
  3. to drown
  4. (regional) to kill (by striking)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 254.
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