gjinkallë

== Albanian == === Alternative forms === gjingallë, gjënkallë, gjëngallë qingallë === Etymology === Borrowed from Vulgar Latin cicāla, from Latin cicāda (“cicada”), with metathesis of voicedness from the more conservative form qingallë. The unetymological -n- may have been inserted by contamination with qengj, qingj (“lamb”). === Noun === gjinkallë f (plural gjinkalla) cicada ==== Declension ==== === References === === Further reading === “gjinkallë”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006