qit

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *k(')eid- (to fall, fall upon).[1] Compare Old Norse hitta (to strike, meet), Latin caedō (fall), Old English hittan (to meet with, come upon, fall in with).

Verb

qit (qis) (aorist qita, participle qitur)

  1. (transitive) to pull out (weapon); to draw out
  2. (transitive) to throw/kick out
  3. (transitive) to shoot (with a gun, rifle, cannon); to hit

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References

  1. ^ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997

Further reading

  • qit”, 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), “qit”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary[2]

Arin

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *kʰetʰ (person, man).[1][2][3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /qit/

Noun

qit (plural unknown)

  1. person, man (human being)

References

Further reading

  • Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich (1968), “Материалы к срабнительно-исторической фонетике Енисейских языков. 1. Аринско-Енисейские соответствия”, in Ivanov, Vjacheslav Vselodovich, Toporov, Vladimir Nikolajevich, Uspenskij, Boris Andreevich, editors, Кетский Сборник 1: Лингвистика, Moscow: Nauka, page 290
  • Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, pages 420-421
  • Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, pages 161, 163