humb

Albanian

Alternative forms

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [humb]

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *skumba, nasal present from Proto-Indo-European *skewbʰ- (compare English shove, Lithuanian skùbti (“to hurry”), Polish skubać (“to pluck”)). Alternatively, according to Hamp, from Proto-Albanian *humpo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [humb]

Verb

humb (aorist humba, participle humbur)

  1. to lose, misplace
  2. to get lost

Derived terms

References
  1. Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 47, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
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