ngul
Albanian
Etymology
From Proto-Albanian * ̊gull-, from Proto-Indo-European *gwelH- (“to prick”). Cognate to Lithuanian gélti (“to prick”), gìlti (“to get pained, ache”). A formation with the prefix (a)n-.[1]
Verb
ngul (first-person singular past tense ngula, participle ngulur)
- to prick, drive in, spit
Antonyms
- shkul
Related terms
- kul
- glep
References
- Demiraj, Bardhyl (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: Investigations into the Albanian Inherited Lexicon] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7) (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187
Drung
Etymology
From Tibetan དངུལ (dngul).
Noun
ngul
- silver
References
- Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung, Santa Barbara: University of California