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pjek

pjek

Albanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pjɛk]

Verb

pjek (first-person singular past tense poqa, participle pjekur)

  1. I bake
  2. I broil
  3. I roast
Related terms
  • bukëpjekës
  • pjekës

Etymology 2

From Proto-Albanian *peka with irregular development of IE -ḱ-. Cognate to Greek πέκω (péko, to comb), Lithuanian pešù, pèšti (to pull, to pluck)[1].

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pjɛk]

Verb

pjek (first-person singular past tense puqa, participle puqur)

  1. I touch
  2. I meet
Derived terms

References

  1. A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill, Leiden 2000, p.329