gjuaj

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • gjuej (Gheg)
  • regional: gjonj (Tosk), gjuj (Gheg), gjuoj, gjuo(n)j (Gheg, Old Albanian)

Etymology

From Old Albanian gjuonj, from dialectal Tosk gjonj, from Proto-Albanian *jāgnja, denominative of *jaga (“hunt”). More at gjah. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *śāgn-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂G- (“to trace (out), track”). Cognate to Latin sagio (“acute sentire, to feel”). Phonetically, *seh₂G-mi is also possible.[1]

Verb

gjuaj (first-person singular past tense gjuajta, participle gjuajtur)

  1. to hunt
  2. (figuratively) to lie in wait for
  3. to impel an aimed projectile: shoot, throw

Derived terms

References
  1. Bardhyl Demiraj, Albanische Etymologien (Amsterdam: Rodopoi, 1997), p.191
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