ngjyej

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin unguere (“to anoint, smear with oil”).[1][2] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *en-glejo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɲɟyˈɛj/

Verb

ngjyej (aorist ngjeva, participle ngjyer)

  1. to dip, plunge
  2. to dye
  3. to color, paint
  4. (figurative) to grease palms, arrange things

Derived terms
derivatives
  • ngjyerje
  • ngjyes
  • ngjyesë
  • ngjyës
  • ngjyrë

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngjyej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
  2. Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 191, 300.
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