llap

See also: LLAP and Llap

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *lap-, from Proto-Indo-European *lh2p- (“to lick, lap”). Cognate to Ancient Greek λάπτω (láptō, “to sip, lap”) and Old Armenian լափեմ (lapʻem, “to lick”).[1]

Verb

llap (aorist llapë, participle llapur)

  1. to sip, lap, swallow, eat greedily

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 242
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