ndej

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-tenja, from Proto-Indo-European *ten- (“to hammer out, stretch (out)”). Cognate to Ancient Greek τείνω (teínō, “to stretch out”).[1]

Verb

ndej (aorist ndejta, participle nderë)

  1. (transitive) to stretch (out)

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ndej ~ ndêj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 283
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