lyej

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Albanian

Etymology

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

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Particularly: “If from a reconstructed form *elaiwā, wouldn't this probably come from Pre-Classical Greek *ἐλαίϝα, rather than directly from ἔλαιον?”

Pronunciation

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Verb

lyej (aorist leva, participle lyer)

  1. to paint
  2. to varnish
  3. to 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