pështyj

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *pistūnja, cognate with Latin spuō and Greek πτύω (ptýo)[1]. The term could be a pë- prefixed formation from shtyj 'to push'.

Verb

pështyj (first-person singular past tense pështyva, participle pështyrë)

  1. to spit out, to smoke out, give off
Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir (2000) A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, Leiden: Brill, page 324
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