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Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian * ̊peri-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to get through, pierce”).[3]
Pronunciation
Verb
shpie (aorist shpura, participle shpurë)
- to carry (on)
- to bear
- to send
- to lead (across)
Conjugation
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Derived terms
References
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
- ^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “shpie”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: ] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
Further reading
- “shpie”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language] (in Albanian), 1980
- “shpie”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
- Newmark, L. (1999) “shpie”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary