shpie

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Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

(Gheg) shpue (“portare, presentare”).^[1]
(Gheg) shpier (“portare, offrire”).^[2]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian * ̊peri-, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to bear, lead across, penetrate”). Cognate to Ancient Greek πείρω (peírō, “to get through, pierce”).^[3]

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˈʃpie/

Verb[edit]

shpie (aorist shpura, participle shpurë)

to carry (on)
to bear
to send
to lead (across)

Derived terms[edit]

shpurë

Related terms[edit]

shpoj

References[edit]

^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 198, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
^ Demiraj, B. (1997) “shpie”, in Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎^[1] (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi

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