sundoj
Albanian
Alternative forms
- sunnoj (Bashkimi)
Etymology
Verbal formation of dialectal sund ("supervision, seizure, capture, reign, protection"), borrowed from Old Church Slavonic сѫдъ (sǫdŭ) ("trial, court"); compare Serbo-Croatian suditi. Doublet of sodit.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /suˈndɔj/
Verb
sundoj (first-person singular past tense sundova, participle sunduar)
- I reign
- I rule
- I possess (land, wealth)
- (third person) to be abundant
- (third person) to be prominent
- I exploit
- I keep under control
Derived terms
- sundim
- sundimtar
- sundi
- sundues
References
- Omari, Anila (2012), "sundoj", in Marrëdhëniet gjuhësore shqiptaro-serbe, Tirana, Albania: Kristalina KH, page 279-280