ngjis

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-glitja, related to Lithuanian gliejù, gliẽti (“to smear”), glitùs (“sticky”), Greek γλοιός (gloiós, “sticky stuff”), Latin glūten (“glue”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɲɟis/

Verb

ngjis (aorist ngjita, participle ngjitur)

  1. alternative form of ngjit

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngjis”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 299
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