ngon

See also: ngôn, ngọn, and ngɔ́ŋ

Acehnese

Noun

ngon

1. friend

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋon]

Pronoun

ngon (subject clitic ni, possessive prefix na)

1. Alternative form of ngoni (“you all (plural)”)

Pronoun

ngon (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni)

1. (formal) Alternative form of ngoni (“you (singular)”)

Alternative forms

• ngon

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

		independent		subject proclitic	possessive
		informal	formal
singular	1st person	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf	to	ri
	2nd person	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni	no	ni
	3rd person	unam, minaf		om, mof, inh	im, mif, manh
plural	1st person inclusive	ngone		fo	na, nga
	1st person exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1	mi	mi, mia
	2nd person	ngoni		ni	na, nia
	3rd person	anah, enanh		ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †	nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *c-ŋɔːn. Compare Khmer ឆ្ងាញ់ (chngañ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋɔŋ˧˧]

Adjective

ngon • (唁, 言)

1. delicious; tasty; succulent

   Antonyms: dở, tệ

2. (slang) good, great

See also

• ngon ăn
• ngon bổ rẻ
• ngon lành
• ngon miệng
• ngon nghẻ (từ láy)
• ngon ngọt
• ngon ơ
• thơm ngon

Adverb

ngon • (唁, 言)

1. (in certain expressions) well

   ngủ ngon ― to sleep tight