po
Albanian
/pɔ/
participle
Definitions
- yes
- Used with the present and imperfect tense of a verb to show a continuous action. It corresponds to the English "be + gerund" formation.
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Albanian *apā inherited from Proto-Indo-European *e-.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*e-
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- as if English
- endif English
- if English
- iffy English
- beobachten German
- darob German
- ob German
- obs German
- of Dutch, Flemish
- ofwel Dutch, Flemish
- *e- Proto-Indo-European
- *jabai Proto-Germanic
- gif Old English
- if Middle English
- yif Middle English
- of Middle Dutch
- of Afrikaans
- obe Middle High German
- if Volapük
- òf Papiamentu
- *apā Proto-Albanian