pështyj
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *pistūnja, cognate with Latin spuō and Greek πτύω (ptýo).[1] The term could be a pë- prefixed formation from shtyj (“to push”).
Verb
pështyj (first-person singular past tense pështyva, participle pështyrë)
- to spit out, smoke out, give off
Derived terms
- pështym
- pështymë
References
- Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 324