gjuaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• (Gheg) gjuej, gjuj / gjuoj (“(I) target.”), gjuonj (“(they) targets.”) (Old Albanian.)
• (Tosk) gjonj.

Etymology

From Old Albanian gjuonj, from dialectal Tosk gjonj, from Proto-Albanian *jāgnja, denominative of *jaga (“hunt”). More at gjah. Alternatively from Proto-Albanian *śāgn-, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g- (“to seek out”), cognate to Latin sagiō (“acute sentire, to feel”). Phonetically, *seh₂g-mi is also possible.

Verb

gjuaj (aorist gjuajta, participle gjuajtur)

1. to hunt
2. (figurative) to lie in wait for
3. to impel an aimed projectile: shoot, throw

Derived terms

• gjoj
• gjuajtës
• gjuajtje
• gjuetar
• gjueti

Related terms

• gjah