mallëngjej
Albanian
Etymology
Analogous to Ancient Greek μελαγχολία (melankholía), from mall (“longing”), originally meaning "black" and ngjej, archaic variant of ngjyrë (“color”), from Proto-Albanian *en-glejo. Alternatively from Latin malum angere.[1]
Verb
mallëngjej
- touch, move emotionally
- bring to tears
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 203