ndjek

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-teka, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (to run). Cognate to Lithuanian tekėti (to run, flow) and Sanskrit तक्ति (tákti, to hasten). A prefixed formation in (a)n-.[1]

Verb

ndjek (aorist ndoqa, participle ndjekur)

  1. to run (after)
  2. to follow
  3. to pursue
  4. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) dog

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: []] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

Further reading

  • ndjek”, 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]‎[2], 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “ndjek”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[3]