pataksem

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Albanian

Verb

pataksem (Calabria)

  1. mediopassive of pataks
  2. to jump, stand up quickly as struck with amazement
    Synonyms: brof, çudit
    • 1873, Girolamo de Rada, Canti di Milosao, canto 1, page 14, line 17:
      m'u patάxa e ruata jaɔtin
      [m'u pataksa e ruata jashtin]
      I stood up amazed and looked outside

Further reading

  • Meyer, G. (1891) “patáks”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch der albanesischen Sprache (in German), Strasbourg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 324