ngjyej

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Albanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Latin unguere (“to anoint, smear with oil”).[1][2] Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *en-glejo.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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ngjyej (aorist ngjeva, participle ngjyer)

  1. to dip, plunge
  2. to dye
  3. to color, paint
  4. (figurative) to grease palms, arrange things

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngjyej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 300
  2. ^ Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 191, 300.
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