ngikel

Palauan

Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *ŋikal, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hikan, from Proto-Austronesian *Sikan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋikəl/

Noun

ngikel

1. fish

Inflection

Possessive forms of ngikel

		singular	plural
first	inclusive	—	ngekeled
	exclusive	ngekelek	ngekelam
second		ngekelem	ngekeliu
third		ngekelel	ngekelir

Derived terms

• bekengikel (“to smell of fish”)

References

• Kaufman, Daniel (2012) “Origins of Palauan Intrusive Velar Nasals”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 51, number 1, pages 18-32
• ngikel in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
• ngikel in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
• ngikel in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 216.