mamit

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from South Slavic, from Proto-Slavic *mamiti (“to lure, entice”).

Verb

mamit (archaic)

  1. to deceive, entire, lure, embroil

Derived terms

References

  • Svane, Gunnar (1992) Slavische Lehnwörter im Albanischen (Acta Iutlandica. Humanistische Reihe; 67) (in German), Åarhus: Aarhus University Press, →ISBN, page 237
  • Mann, S. E. (1948) “mamis”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 261b
  • “mamis”, in Fialuer i Rii i Shcypés, Shkodër: Shoqnia e Bashkimit, 1908, page 250b
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