ngjyej

Albanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguere (“to anoint, smear with oil”).[1][2]

Verb

ngjyej (first-person singular past tense ngjeva, participle ngjyer)

  1. to dip, dunk, immerse
  2. to dye
  3. to color, paint
  4. (figuratively) to grease palms, arrange things

Derived terms
derivatives
  • ngjyerje
  • ngjyes
  • ngjyesë
  • ngjyës
  • ngjyrë

References
  1. Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 300.
  2. Guillaume Bonnet, Les mots latins de l’albanais (Paris: L’Harmattan, 1998), 191, 300.
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