quaj

Albanian

Alternative forms

• quej — Gheg
• kluanj — Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika

Etymology

From Old Albanian kluoj (Buzuku), from Proto-Albanian *klāusnja, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlows-, from *ḱlew-.
Compare English listen, Proto-Slavic *slušati (“to listen”), Ancient Greek κλύω (klúō, “to hear, listen to”), Italian chiamo (“call”), Italian chiacchiero (“chat”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): /cuːj/, /c͡ɕuːj/
• (Cham, Arbëresh, Arvanitika) IPA^(key): /kʎuːɲ/, /kluːɲ/

Verb

quaj (aorist quajta, participle quajtur)

1. (transitive) to call, name

   Synonym: thërras

2. (transitive, figurative) to have/make an opinion (on something or someone); to value (something or someone)

   Synonym: vlerësoj

3. (transitive, figurative) to carry (a name) for (something or someone)

   Synonym: mbaj

4. (transitive, figurative) to declare (something)

   Synonym: shpall

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

• quhem
• quajtje
• shquaj
• shquhem
• shquar
• shquarsi
• shquarje
• shques
• pashquarsi

Related terms

• qaj

Further reading

• “quaj”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
• FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1], 1980
• Newmark, L. (1999) “quaj”, in Oxford Albanian-English Dictionary‎^[2]

White Hmong

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *Gæw (“to sing, cry out”), borrowed from Old Chinese 號 (OC *ɦlaːw, *ɦlaːws, “to cry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /quə̯˥˧/

Verb

quaj

1. to cry aloud, to weep aloud, to cry out

   Txhob quaj. ― Stop crying.

2. to growl, squeal
3. to make a loud noise

Derived terms

• xob quaj (“thunder”)

References

• Heimbach, Ernest E. (1979) White Hmong — English Dictionary‎^[3], SEAP Publications, →ISBN, page 266.