Maltese

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Root
q-n-q-l
1 term

Etymology

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With dissimilation from Arabic قَلْقَلَ (qalqala, to move, stir).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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qanqal (imperfect jqanqal, past participle mqanqal, verbal noun tqanqil)

  1. to stir, excite, agitate
    • “Rajt, ma rajtx”‎[1]performed by Tony Camilleri:
      Fuq it-triq ta’ Birkirkara int u sejjer San Ġiljan,
      Hemm salib fuq il-kolonna, musbieħ jixgħel lejl u nhar.
      Das-salib, jekk darba tħares lejh, iqanqallek kurżità.
      Għandu storja jrid jirrakkontaha,
      Iżda jgħidha ma jistax, għax sieket.
      In Birkirkara when you take the road to San Ġiljan,
      There’s a cross on a column with a lamp shining day and night.
      If you ever look at that cross, it’ll stir your curiosity.
      It has a story that it wants to tell,
      But it can’t say it because it’s mute.

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of qanqal
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m qanqalt qanqalt qanqal qanqalna qanqaltu qanqlu
f qanqlet
imperfect m nqanqal tqanqal jqanqal nqanqlu tqanqlu jqanqlu
f tqanqal
imperative qanqal qanqlu