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Albanian
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Albanian kluoj (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *klāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlows-, from *ḱlew-. Compare English listen, Proto-Slavic *slušati (“to listen”), Ancient Greek κλύω (klúō, “to hear, listen to”).
Pronunciation
- (standard) IPA(key): /cuːj/, /c͡ɕuːj/
- (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitic) IPA(key): /kʎuːɲ/, /kluːɲ/
Verb
quaj (aorist quajta, participle quajtur) (active)
- (active voice, transitive) to call, name
- Synonym: thërras
- (active voice, transitive, figurative) to have/make an opinion (on something or someone); to value (something or someone)
- Synonym: vlerësoj
- (active voice, transitive, figurative) to carry (a name) for (something or someone)
- Synonym: mbaj
- (active voice, transitive, figurative) to declare (something)
- Synonym: shpall
Verb
qúhem (aorist u qúajta, participle qúajtur) (passive)
- (passive voice, reflexive) to be called (named); my name is
- Synonyms: thirrem, thërritem
Derived terms
Related terms
White Hmong
Etymology
From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Gæw (“to sing, cry out”), borrowed from Old Chinese 號 (OC *ɦlaːw, *ɦlaːws, “to cry”).
Pronunciation
Verb
quaj
- to cry aloud, to weep aloud, to cry out
- Txhob quaj. ― Stop crying.
- to growl, squeal
- to make a loud noise
Derived terms
References
- Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary, SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 266.
- ^ Ratliff, Martha (2010) Hmong-Mien language history (Studies in Language Change; 8), Camberra, Australia: Pacific Linguistics, →ISBN, page 123; 282.