ngut

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ngus

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-kutja, related to Lithuanian káuti (“to strike”), Latin cūdō (“to strike”), Old High German houwan (“id”) and Proto-Slavic *kovati (“to forge”).[1]

Verb

ngut (aorist nguta, participle ngutur)

  1. to urge, force, hurry up

Noun

ngut m (plural ngutje, definite nguti, definite plural ngutjet)

  1. pressure, haste

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngut”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, pages 297-8

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Pnar-Khasi-Lyngngam *ŋut. Cognate with Khasi ngut.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋut/

Classifier

ngut

  1. general classifier for humans
    soo ngut ki khon ― four children

See also
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