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 ngala, participle ngalur)

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

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