shemb
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian *ampa, from Proto-Indo-European *ap-. Cognate to Ancient Greek ἅπτω (háptō, “to seize, grasp”), Sankrit आप्नोति (āpnòti, “to reach”)[1].
Verb
shemb (first-person singular past tense shemba, participle shembur)
- to demolish, abate, collapse,
Synonyms
- shkatërroj
References
- A Concise Historical Grammar of the Albanian Language, V.Orel, Koninklijke Brill ,Leiden 2000, p.410