qanqal

Maltese

Root
q-n-q-l
1 term

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔan.ʔal/

Verb

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

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