humb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [humb]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skumba, nasal present from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (compare English shove, Lithuanian skùbti (to hurry), Polish skubać (to pluck)). Alternatively, according to Hamp, from Proto-Albanian *humpo.

Pronunciation

  • (Tosk) IPA(key): [humb]
  • (Gheg) IPA(key): [hup]

Verb

humb (aorist humba, participle humbur)

  1. to lose, misplace
  2. to get lost

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References

Further reading

  • humb”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “humb”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]