jam

Albanian

/jam/

verb
Definitions
  • to be

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Albanian *esmi derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ésmi (I am, I exist, am), *kʷel- (turn, move, going around, revolve, far, dwell, and therefore to sojourn, revolve around), *wert- (turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*wert-

Gloss

turn, rotate, wind, spin, twist, become, bend, turn out

Concept
Semantic Field

Motion

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

Emoji
🙃

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