lyej

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *elaiwanja, based on *elaiwā, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἔλαιον (élaion, “oil”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlyɛj/

Verb

lyej (first-person singular past tense leva, participle lyer)

  1. I paint
  2. I varnish
  3. I whitewash

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 189
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