shtoj

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *stānja, from *st-n̥é-h₂-, nasal present of Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (to stand). Cognate to Latin stō, Old High German stān, Lithuanian stóju and Proto-Slavic *stati.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃtɔj/

Verb

shtój (aorist shtóva, participle shtúar)

  1. to add
  2. to increase, augment
  3. to accumulate, accrue

Conjugation

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 440

Further reading

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