kthej

Albanian

Possibly a derivation in k- from thyej (“to breach, break”).^[1]

kthej (aorist ktheva, participle kthyer) (transitive)

to turn, turn over, flip
Kthe patatet. ― Flip the potatoes.
to plough deeply
Synonym: lëroj
to turn inside out
Ktheu xhepin. ― He turned his pocket inside out.
to hem
to roll up
Synonym: përvesh

Kthen mëngët. ― He rolls up his sleeves.
to bend, curve
Synonym: përkul
to twist, rotate
Synonyms: rrotulloj, përdredh
to turn, direct (a body part to a direction)
Synonyms: vë, drejtoj, lëviz

Ktheva sytë. ― I turned my eyes.
to deviate, turn off
to return, give back
Ktheva librin. ― I returned the book.
to answer with, reply with, do in response
Ai nuk ia ktheu përshëndetjen. ― He did not return the greeting.
to quaff, guzzle
Synonyms: pi, derdh
(colloquial) to change, replace
Synonym: zëvendësoj
to turn into, convert, transform
Synonyms: shndërron, bëj
to change (one's behaviour)
(colloquial) to translate
Synonym: përkthej
(intransitive) Synonym of kthehem in the following senses:
1. (colloquial) to come back, return
2. (colloquial) to turn (change direction of travel)
3. to stop at, stay for a short time at
  Synonym: ndaloj
4. (colloquial) to recover, get better
5. to change (one's own behaviour or opinions)
(mediopassive) See kthehem.

^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “kthej”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 200