qëmoti

Albanian

Alternative forms

• qemoti

Etymology

From që (“when, where”) +‎ mot (“era, times”) +‎ -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /cəˈmoti/
• Rhymes: -oti
• Hyphenation: që‧mó‧ti

Adverb

qëmoti

1. (noun, definite, singular only) ancient, old times, antiquity

   Synonyms: antikitet, lashtësi

2. once upon a time, formerly, of yore, anciently

   Synonyms: qëkur, dikur

Further reading

• “qëmoti”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “qëmoti”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• Mann, S. E. (1948) “qemo-tí”, in An Historical Albanian–English Dictionary, London: Longmans, Green & Co., page 413