shpie

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian * ̊peri-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to get through, pierce”).[3]

Alternatively reconstructed as from Proto-Albanian *eś-per-, from PIE *eǵʰs- (“out”) + *pi-pér- (“to bring out”).[4]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpie/

Verb

shpie (aorist shpura, participle shpurë / shpënë)

  1. to carry (on)
  2. to bear
  3. to send
  4. to lead (across), lead to
    Kjo udhë të shpie në Malin me Erë. ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  3. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) “shpie”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
  4. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “shpie”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]

Further reading

  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980
  • “shpie”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “shpie”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎[3]
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