ndjek

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-teka, from Proto-Indo-European *tekʷ- (“to run”). Cognate to Lithuanian tekėti (“to run, flow”) and Sanskrit तक्ति (tákti, “to hasten”). A prefixed formation in (a)n-.[1]

Verb

ndjek (first-person singular past tense ndoqa, participle ndjekur)

  1. to run (after)
  2. to follow
  3. to pursue
  4. dog

Conjugation

References

  1. Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi
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