kujë

See also: kuje

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *gʷei 'to cry, weep'. Compare Old Saxon quīðian (“lament”), Old Norse kvīða (“a trembling, quaking, shaking, terror, anxiety, fear, dread, alarm”), Lithuanian gíedu (“sing, crow”).

Noun

kujë f (indefinite plural kujra, definite singular kuja, definite plural kujat)

  1. scream, lament, shriek (of women)
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