shpie

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian * ̊peri-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to get through, pierce”).[3]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpie/

Verb

shpie (aorist shpura, participle shpurë)

  1. to carry (on)
  2. to bear
  3. to send
  4. to lead (across)

Derived terms

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. Demiraj, B. (1997) “shpie”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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