ngel

Albanian

Etymology

A morphonological variant of ngalem.[1]

Verb

ngel (aorist ngela, participle ngelur)

  1. to be stuck, hooked
  2. to remain (all senses)
  3. to flunk, fail (with before the failed class, test, or exam)
    Ngela në provimin.
    I failed the exam.

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “ngel”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 294

Fula

Suffix

ngel

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including hollow, round or inflated things
  2. Noun class indicator for diminutive nouns (singular)

Usage notes

Article

ngel

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    cukalel ngelthe child

Usage notes

Koko-Bera

Etymology

Related to Kok-Nar ngaling.

Pronoun

ngel (accusative ngaléngk, dative ngaléngk)

  1. you and I; first person dual inclusive pronoun, nominative case

References

  • Paul Black (2008) “Pronominal Accretions in Pama-Nyungan”, in Claire Bowern, Bethwyn Evans, Luisa Miceli, editors, Morphology and Language History (in Koko-Bera), →ISBN

Old Irish

Adjective

ngel

  1. eclipsed form of gel

Mutation

Mutation of gel
radical lenition nasalization
gel gel
pronounced with /ɣʲ-/
ngel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.