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shkund· vt 1 to shake 2 to shake [ ] off/out 3 [Fig] to shake up [ ]: rouse [ ] to action, wake up [ ] 4 to drink [a bottle/glass] bottoms up, drink [ ] down in one swig 5 [Fig Colloq] to empty out [ ], spend the whole [ ] • e shkund· arrėn nė korrik "shake the walnut tree in July" 1 to lack patience 2 to be hasty 3 to be immature • i shkund· dyqanet "shake up the shops" to go on a buying spree • ėsh·tė shkund e ha "be shake and eat" to live for the moment • e shkund· kuletėn to spend all one's money • e shkund· manin nė prill "shake the mulberry tree in April" 1 to lack patience 2 to be hasty 3 to be immature • shkund· me duar e shtyp· me kėmbė "shake down with one's hands and squash with one's feet" to do something well and then go and ruin it • shkund· pemėt e tė tjerėve "shake other people's fruit trees" to live off of other people • e shkund· qesen "shake the purse" 1 to spend too much; spend all one's money 2 to list every fault • e shkund· tėrė thesin "shake the whole bag" to tell absolutely everything one knows, blab every detail • e shkund· thesin "shake the bag" to spend everything one has shkund|a|di'mėr nm period of three days between March and April personified as the transition from winter to spring
shku'nd·et vpr 1 to tremble, shake 2 to become bare from shaking 3 to shake oneself off (trying to get clean) 4 [Fig] to be roused to action, wake up 5 [Fig] to waste all that one has: spend oneself dry, go broke 6 [Fig] to go dotty |