njomë

See also: njome

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • njomur, ngjomë (Gheg), nglomë

Etymology

From dialectal ngjomë, nglomë, from Proto-Albanian *glāima, from Proto-Indo-European *gleh₁i-m- (compare English clammy, Lithuanian gléima (“slime”)), enlargement of *gleih₁- (“to stick, adhere”).[1]

Adjective

i njomë

  1. moist

Derived terms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “njomë”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 305
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