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See also: Nganga
Bikol Central
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ngánga or ngangá
Derived terms
[edit]Bobongko
[edit]Noun
[edit]nganga
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a Bantu language.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nganga m (plural nganga)
- an African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine
Kikuyu
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Hinde (1904) records enganga as an equivalent of English guinea-fowl in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nganga and Swahili kanga etc. as its equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.[2]
Noun
[edit]nganga class 9/10 (plural nganga)
References
[edit]- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 30–31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
- “nganga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.
Kituba
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà.
Noun
[edit]nganga
- traditional healer
Kongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Compare Swahili mganga.
Noun
[edit]nganga
Lindu
[edit]Noun
[edit]nganga
Lingala
[edit]Noun
[edit]nganga
Malay
[edit]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]nganga
Maori
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]nganga
Nyunga
[edit]Noun
[edit]nganga
- the sun
References
[edit]- 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)
Tagalog
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth wide, gape; gaping; opening of a bubu fish trap, basket, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ŋaˈŋa/ [ŋɐˈŋa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: nga‧nga
Noun
[edit]ngangá (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Philippine *ŋaqŋaq (“to chew betel”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈŋaŋaʔ/ [ˈŋaː.ŋɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
- Syllabification: nga‧nga
Noun
[edit]ngangà (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)
- combination of betel nut, chewing tobacco, and a little lime wrapped in a betel leaf prepared for chewing
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ŋaˈŋaʔ/ [ŋɐˈŋaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Syllabification: nga‧nga
Noun
[edit]ngangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “nganga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 865.
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 9: “Abrir) Ng̃ang̃a (pc) la boca”
- page 408: “Mascar) Ng̃ang̃a (pp) buyo o otra coſa”
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋaŋa₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋaqŋaq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
Anagrams
[edit]Tswana
[edit]Verb
[edit]nganga
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