qos

Albanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *kla(u)tja, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”). Cognate to Ancient Greek κλεῖς (kleîs), Latin clāvis, Lithuanian kliaudýti (“to stop, to prevent”).[1]

Verb

qos (aorist qosa, participle qosur)

  1. to end, finish

Synonyms

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian‎, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 86
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