gjuaj

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • (Gheg) gjuej, gjuj / gjuoj (“(I) target.”), gjuonj (“(they) targets.”) (Old Albanian.)
  • (Tosk) gjonj.

Etymology

From Old Albanian gjuonj, from dialectal Tosk gjonj, from Proto-Albanian *jāgnja, denominative of *jaga (“hunt”). More at gjah. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *śāgn-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”), cognate to Latin sagiō (“acute sentire, to feel”). Phonetically, *seh₂g-mi is also possible.[1]

Verb

gjuaj (aorist gjuajta, participle gjuajtur)

  1. to hunt
  2. (figurative) to lie in wait for
  3. to impel an aimed projectile: shoot, throw

Derived terms

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 191
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