çikëloj

Albanian

Etymology

From çikël (“speck; type of plant”) +‎ -oj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃikəˈloj/
• Rhymes: -oj
• Hyphenation: çi‧kë‧lój

Verb

çikëloj (aorist çikëlóva, participle çikëlúar)

çikëlóhem (aorist u çikëlóva, participle çikëlúar) (mediopassive)

1. (transitive) to crumble up, grind, shred, shatter

   Synonyms: grij, thërrmoj, grimcoj, çik

2. (transitive) to sprinkle

   Synonyms: spërkas, stërpik

3. (transitive, regional) to light/start (a fire)

   Synonym: ndez

4. (intransitive, third person) to leak, drip

   Synonyms: pikon, gjermon, cirkon

Related terms

• çik
• çikë
• çikëlim
• çikëlore

Further reading

• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• “çikëloj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006