ngoni

See also: Ngoni

English

Noun

ngoni

1. A West African stringed instrument, shaped like a guitar.
   • 2007 October 21, Kelefa Sanneh, “Under the Hook, Rap and Rhythm Lie the Beats”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     Mr. Kouyate’s instrument is the four-stringed West African ngoni, also called a xalam […] .

See also

• Ngoni (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• nigon, oning

Lindu

Adverb

ngoni

1. later

Manado Malay

Etymology

From North Moluccan Malay ngoni, from Ternate ngoni.

Pronoun

ngoni

1. you (plural)

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋo.ni]

Pronoun

ngoni (subject clitic ni, possessive prefix na, Jawi ڠوني)

1. second-person plural pronoun, you all

Pronoun

ngoni (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni, Jawi ڠوني)

1. (formal) second-person singular pronoun, you

Alternative forms

• ngon

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	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