kafshoj

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • ajsonj
  • (Old Tosk, very rare) najsonj

Etymology

A derivative of kafshë + -oj. Alternatively (according to Meyer-Lübke) borrowed through Vulgar Latin from Late Latin captiō, from Latin captō. Other Latin proposals include Late Latin capsāre (Meyer) and most recently Late Latin capissere by Oryol.[1] Given the two forms, dialectal ajsonj and Old Tosk najsonj, the older form of this word could have been *knavshonj.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kafˈʃɔj/

Verb

kafshoj (aorist kafshova, participle kafshuar)

  1. (transitive) to bite

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Oryol, Vladimir E. (1998), Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 164

Further reading

  • kafshoj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1], 1980
  • Newmark, Leonard (1999), “kafshoj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]