mungoj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • mëngoj (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from Vulgar Latin *mancāre, from Latin mancus (maimed, powerless).[1] Cf. also Italian mancare (to lack).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [munˈɡɔj]

Verb

mungój (aorist mungova, participle munguar)

  1. to be absent, to be missed
  2. (third person) it lacks, it is insufficient
  3. (transitive) to leave something unfinished

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • mungesë
  • mungesor
  • mungestar
  • mungim
  • mungues

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mungoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 278

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • mungoj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006