mbys

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ambi-witja, from Proto-Indo-European *with₂-.[1] Compare Sanskrit व्यथते (vyáthate, to sway, to tremble), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬚𐬏𐬭𐬀 (aiβiθūra, strong, unwavering), and Icelandic viða (to waver, swing).

Verb

mbys (aorist mbyta, participle mbytur)

  1. to strangle, suffocate, choke to death
  2. to stifle
  3. to drown
  4. (regional) to kill (by striking)

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “mbys”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 254