mbrus
Albanian
Alternative forms
- mbrusem
Etymology
Possibly a denominative verb, from Proto-Albanian *bruta, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil up, ferment”) (cf. Latin ferveō (“to boil (up), bubble”), Thracian *brutos (*brutos, “beer, a type of barley beer”)) or Proto-Indo-European *bʰrews- (“to swell”)(cf. Latin frustum, Old English brēost (English English breast).
Verb
mbrus (first-person singular past tense mbrusa, participle mbrusë)
- to cram, fill to the brim
- to overload
- to swell
Related terms
- mbruaj
- mbruhem
- brumë