hëngra

Albanian

Alternative forms

• hangra (Gheg, Old Tosk)
• hata (Gheg)
• hoer (Old Gheg)

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *gur-, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷerh₃- (“to swallow”). Cognate to Sanskrit गिरति (giráti, “to swallow”). From hangura, a suppletive verb, which occurs only in the aorist, the participle and in the tempora and modi based on these stems. Structurally close to Hittite [Term?] (/⁠tangarant⁠/, “not having eaten”), Lithuanian kanká (“pain”), Old High German hungar (“hunger”).

Verb

hëngra

1. first-person singular aorist of ha