qal

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic قَالَ‎ (qāla) and أَعَادَ‎ (ʾaʿāda)

Verb

qal (imperfect jgħid)

say

Conjugation

conjugation of qal

	singular					plural
	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person m	3^rd person f		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd 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)

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