nguroj

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From gur (stone).[1] Alternatively a variant of hungëroj, from Proto-Indo-European *ger- (to scream). Compare Lithuanian gùrti (shrill, shriek, scream), Sanskrit जरते (járatē, it rushes, sounds, crackles, shouts).

Verb

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nguroj (aorist ngurova, participle nguruar)

  1. to harden, become stone
  2. to lock up, cause to isolate (people in a house)
  3. to yell, to howl

Conjugation

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References

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  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nguroj”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 297