mbyt

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Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From *(ë)m-byt, with the prefix identical to that in mbloj and inherited from Proto-Albanian *án(a)- (on, upon). The base *byt comes from *býti < Proto-Albanian *búti < *bútit < *búti̯it < *búti̯et < Pre-Proto-Albanian *búti̯ét < *bʰut-i̯é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰut-i̯é/ó- (to strike), from *bʰeu̯d- (to strike).

Verb

mbyt (aorist mbyta, participle mbytur)

  1. to strangle, suffocate, choke to death
  2. to stifle
  3. (figurative) to drown
    U mbytsh në borxhe!
    May you drown in debt!
  4. (regional) to kill (by striking)

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References

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021) “mbyt”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen

Further reading

  • mbyt”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe, 1980
  • Newmark, L. (1999) “mbyt”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary

Suyá

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *mbyt (sun) < Proto-Cerrado *mbyt (sun) < Proto-Jê *mbyt (celestial body).

Pronunciation

Noun

mbyt

  1. Form of mbyry (utterance-medial variant)
    Hwĩsôsôk itha khãm kê wapatá me me ngô me hwykha me mbyt me khajkhwa me ithadjê ro sujarẽni.
    This book also discusses the importance of our villages, forests, rivers, lands, the sun and the sky.