mbyt

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Albanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *ambi-witja, from Proto-Indo-European *with₂-.[2] Compare Sanskrit व्यथते (vyáthate, to sway, to tremble), Avestan 𐬀𐬌𐬡𐬌𐬚𐬏𐬭𐬀 (aiβiθūra, strong, unwavering), and Icelandic viða (to waver, swing).

Verb[edit]

mbyt (aorist mbyta, participle mbytur)

  1. to strangle, suffocate, choke to death
  2. to stifle
  3. (figurative) to drown
    U mbytsh në borxhe!
    May you drown in debt!
  4. (regional) to kill (by striking)

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Further reading[edit]

  • [1] active verb "mbyt / mbys" (engl.: to strangle, suffocate) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)
  • [2] med-passive verb "mbytem" (engl.: to be suffocating, drowning) • "Fjalor Shqip" (Albanian Dictionary)

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 85, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Vladimir Orel, Albanian Etymological Dictionary (Leiden: Brill, 1998), 254.

Suyá[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Northern Jê *mbyt (sun) < Proto-Cerrado *mbyt (sun) < Proto-Jê *mbyt (celestial body).

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Noun[edit]

mbyt

  1. Form of mbyry (utterance-medial variant)
    Hwĩsôsôk itha khãm kê wapatá me me ngô me hwykha me mbyt me khajkhwa me ithadjê ro sujarẽni.
    This book also discusses the importance of our villages, forests, rivers, lands, the sun and the sky.