këmbej

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kambjɔnit (> third person singular këmben), borrowed from Vulgar Latin *cambiō, from Late Latin cambīre, from Latin cambium, of Gaulish [Term?] origin.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəmˈbɛj/

Verb

këmbej (aorist këmbeva, participle këmbyer)

  1. to exchange, trade off
  2. to reciprocate

Derived terms

References
  1. Schumacher, Stefan, Matzinger, Joachim (2013) Die Verben des Altalbanischen: Belegwörterbuch, Vorgeschichte und Etymologie (Albanische Forschungen; 33) (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 192
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