gjumë

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *źupnʉh, from Proto-Indo-European *súpnos (compare Latin somnus, Lithuanian sãpnas, Ancient Greek ὕπνος (húpnos)).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɟumə/
  • IPA(key): /ɟʝumə/

Noun

gjumë m

  1. sleep
  2. lethargy

Synonyms
  • fjetje

Derived terms
  • gjumash
  • pagjumë
  • gjumth

References
  1. Stefan Schumacher & Joachim Matzinger, Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, 2013), 215.
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