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 (aorist ngula, participle ngulur)

  1. to prick, drive in, spit

Antonyms

References
  1. Demiraj, B. (1997) Albanische Etymologien: Untersuchungen zum albanischen Erbwortschatz [Albanian Etymologies: […]] (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 7)‎ (in German), Amsterdam, Atlanta: Rodopi, page 187

Drung

Etymology

From Tibetan དངུལ (dngul).

Noun

ngul

  1. silver

References
  • Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California
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