ngop

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From gop (“greedy, gluttonous”). The latter continues Proto-Albanian *gāpā probably related to Indo-European.[1]

Verb

ngop (aorist ngopa, participle ngopur)

  1. to sate
  2. to cram

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngop”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 295

Further reading
  • “ngop”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • “ngop”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎ (in Albanian), 1980
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