llap

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lap-, from Proto-Indo-European *lh2p- 'to lick, lap'. Cognate to Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō, “to sip, lap”) and Armenian lap‘em (“to lick”)[1].

Verb

llap (first-person singular past tense llapë, participle llapur)

  1. to sip, lap, swallow, eat greedily

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