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gogësij

gogësij

Albanian

Alternative forms

  • gogësonj

Verb

gogësij ‎(first-person singular past tense gogësita, participle gogësirë)

  1. to yawn, to gape
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References

  1. ↑ Albanische Etymologien (Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz), Bardhyl Demiraj, Leiden Studies in Indo-European 7; Amsterdam - Atlanta 1997, p.179

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gā̆gā̆-(ti-), from Proto-Indo-European *gheh₂-(gheh₂-) 'to yawn, gape'. Cognate to Ancient Greek χάσκω ‎(kháskō, “to yawn, gape”) and Lithuanian gagù ‎(“to cackle”). An onomatopoeic root from gogës-, as a verbal basis for further Albanian verbal formations[1].

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