ngalem

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-gala, a denominative based on an unattested *gala, related to Lithuanian gãlas (end), Latvian gals (end), Old Prussian gallan (death).[1]

Verb

ngalem (aorist u ngala, participle ngalur)

  1. to be limping, lame, paralyzed
  2. to fall behind (in the completion of work)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (2000) A concise historical grammar of the Albanian language: reconstruction of Proto-Albanian[1], Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 292

Further reading

  • ngalem”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006
  • FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[2], 1980