Afroasiatic etymology :

Proto-Afro-Asiatic: *ngl (Arb.) 1 (> Sem. *mi/a-ngal- 2 ~ *nVgi/ula(-t)- (Ch.) 2

Meaning: to reap 1, sickle 2

Semitic: *ngl 1, *mi/a-ngal- 2

Western Chadic: *nVgal-at- 'sickle'

Central Chadic: *nVgi/ul(-at)- 'sickle, knife'

East Chadic: *ʔa-ngul- 'sickle'

Semitic etymology :

Number: 1949

Proto-Semitic: *ngl 1, *mi/a-ngal- 2

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: to reap 1, sickle 2

Akkadian: niggallu, ningallu 'sickle' OB, OA on (CAD n, 213; AHw, 787; acc. to both sources, a Sum. loanword, which is not so in view of the comparative data; <*mingal-?)

Hebrew: maggāl 2 (HAL, 545)

Judaic Aramaic: maggǝlā 2 (HAL, 545)

Syrian Aramaic: maggaltā 2 (HAL, 545)

Mandaic Aramaic: manglia 'sythes' (DM, 247)

Arabic: nǯl 'faucher (les céréales), labourer (la terre)' (Belot 1929, 807), minǯal- 'faucille de moissonneur' (BK 2, 1208)

Notes: All <*mi/a-ngal- 'sickle', an instrumental noun derived from the verb *ngl 'to reap'

West Chadic etymology :

Proto-WChadic: *nVgal-at-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sickle'

Warji: ngǝlatǝ-na (Skinner 1977, 39)

Kariya: ngalǝta (Skinner 1977, 39)

Miya: ngǝlatǝ (Skinner 1977, 39)

Central Chadic etymology :

Proto-CChadic: *nVgi/ul(-at)-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sickle, knife'

Gude: ŋgíla 'knife' (Kraft)

Nzangi: ngîla 'knife, sword' (Kraft)

East Chadic etymology :

Proto-EChadic: *ʔa-ngul-

Afroasiatic etymology: Afroasiatic etymology

Meaning: 'sickle'

Migama: ʔângùl 'faucille' (Jungraithmayr & Adams 1992, 66; with ʔa- prefixed)

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