shëmtoj
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Albanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From shemb (“tear down”) + -oj.[1] Alternatively a borrowing from Vulgar Latin *examputāre, from Latin amputāre (“to cut down, to amputate”).[2]
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Verb[edit]
shëmtoj (aorist shëmtova, participle shëmtuar)
- to make ugly, distort
- (transitive) to scowl
- (figurative) to abandon, sadden
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References[edit]
- ^ Topalli, K. (2017) “shëmtoj”, in Fjalor Etimologjik i Gjuhës Shqipe, Durrës, Albania: Jozef, page 1381
- ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “shëmtoj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 412