ngel

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Albanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

A morphonological variant of ngalem.[1]

Verb[edit]

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[edit]

Related terms[edit]

References[edit]

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

Fula[edit]

Suffix[edit]

ngel

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

Usage notes[edit]

Article[edit]

ngel

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

Usage notes[edit]

Koko-Bera[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Kok-Nar ngaling.

Pronoun[edit]

ngel (accusative ngaléngk, dative ngaléngk)

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

References[edit]

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

Old Irish[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ngel

  1. Eclipsed form of gel.

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
gel gel
pronounced with /ɣ(ʲ)-/
ngel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.