gjem

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *jama, from Proto-Indo-European *yém-o-s, from Proto-Indo-European *yem- (“to hold, restrain”). Cognate with Sanskrit यम (yáma, “rein, bridle”).[1]

Noun

gjem m (plural gjema, definite gjemi, definite plural gjemat)

  1. bridle

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 268

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

gjem

  1. imperative of gjemme
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