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Albanian

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Etymology

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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

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ngalem (aorist ngala, participle ngalur)

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

References

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