ngut

Albanian
Alternative forms
  • ngus

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-kutja, related to Lithuanian káuti (“to strike”), Latin cūdō (“to strike”), Old High German houwan (“id”) and Slavic *kovati 'to forge'[1].

Verb

ngut (first-person singular past tense nguta, participle ngutur)

  1. to urge, to force, to hurry up

Noun

ngut m (indefinite plural ngutje, definite singular nguti, definite plural ngutjet)

  1. pressure, haste

References
  1. Albanian Etymological Dictionary, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 1998, p.297-298
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