gogësij
Albanian
Alternative forms
- gogësonj
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *gā̆gā̆-(ti-), from Proto-Indo-European *gheh₂-(gheh₂-) (“to yawn, gape”). Cognate to Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to yawn, gape”) and Lithuanian gagù (“to cackle”).An onomatopoeic root from gogës-, as a verbal basis for further Albanian verbal formations.[1]
Verb
gogësij (first-person singular past tense gogësita, participle gogësirë)
- to yawn, to gape
Related terms
- gugas
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 179