qal
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic قَالَ (qāla) and أَعَادَ (ʾaʿāda)
Verb
qal (imperfect jgħid)
- say
Conjugation
conjugation of qal
| singular | plural | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person m | 3rd person f | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| jien(a) | int(i) | hu(wa) | hi(ja) | aħna | intom | huma | |||
| perfect | għedt | għedt | qal | qalet | għedna | għedtu | qalu | ||
| imperfect | ngħid | tgħid | jgħid | tgħid | ngħidu | tgħidu | jgħidu | ||
| imperative | għid | għidu | |||||||
Quinault
Noun
qal
- water
- river
- a certain constellation, a somewhat triangular arrangement of stars
Alternative forms
- qalʼ
Further reading
- Lawrence R. Morgan, Kootenay-Salishan Linguistic Comparisons. A Preliminary Study (thesis, Vancouver, University of British Columbia, 1980), page 95
- Ronald Leroy Olson, The Quinault Indians: Adze, canoe, and house types of the Northwest (1967)