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): /ɲɟʝis/

Verb

ngjis (first-person singular past tense ngjita, participle ngjitur)

  1. I attach
  2. I glue

References

  1. ↑ Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 1998, p.299
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