gjuaj

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === (Gheg) gjuej, gjuj, gjuoj (“(I) target”), gjuonj (“(they) target”) (Old Albanian) (Tosk) gjonj === Etymology === Uncertain; perhaps from Proto-Albanian: *jāgnja, from *jaga (whence gjah (“a hunt, chase”)) + *-nja, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁yoǵʰ-ó-s, from metathesized *h₁eyǵʰ- (“to desire, long for”) +‎ *-ós; *sāgnja, from *sāgna (whence gjah (“a hunt, chase”)) + *-ja, from Proto-Indo-European *seh₂g-no-s, from *seh₂g- (“to trace, follow”) +‎ *-nós; or *gānja, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰén-ye-ti, from *gʷʰen- (“to strike, slay”) +‎ *-yeti. === Verb === gjuaj (aorist gjuajta, participle gjuajtur) to hunt (figurative) to lie in wait for to impel an aimed projectile: shoot, throw ==== Conjugation ==== This verb needs an inflection-table template. ==== Derived terms ==== gjoj gjuajtës gjuajtje gjuetar gjueti ==== Related terms ==== gjah === References ===