shkoj

Albanian

Etymology

Syncope of shtekoj (to set out, take to the road), Gheg variant of shtegoj, denominative verb from shteg (path, trail).[1]

Pronunciation

Verb

shkoj (aorist shkova, participle shkuar)

  1. to go, pass

Conjugation

Synonyms

  • vete (Tosk; less used and more colloquial)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shkoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 421

Further reading

  • shkoj”, 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) “shkoj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]