cmilem

Albanian

Etymology

Attested first in Bogdani's work as: ...tue u cmilunë prej Betlemi (...while moving from Bethlehem). Related to Arbëreshë zmol (“to stagger”) with an apophonic relation, both from a *cmiel where cmilem represents the mediopassive and zmol comes from the aorist. Prefixes c- and z- are phonetic variants of the same formant, but c- has an affective value. Further origin of the two verbs remains obscure.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡smilɛm/

Verb

cmilem (aorist u cmila, participle cmilur) (mediopassive)

  1. to arise, to start moving, to get going

References

  1. ^ Çabej, E. (1987), “cmilem”, in Studime etimologjike në fushë të shqipes (in Albanian), volumes III: C–D, Tirana, page 52
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