ngol

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Fula

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Suffix

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ngol

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including long or extended objects

Usage notes

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Article

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ngol

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Keerol ngolthe border

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Determiner

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ngol

  1. (used in indicating something)
    Ngol keerolthis/that border

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Lolopo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Loloish *ŋa², from Proto-Lolo-Burmese *ŋa², from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognate with Nuosu (hxe), Burmese ငါး (nga:), Chinese (OC *ŋa), Tibetan (nya), Chepang ङाः (ŋaʔ), Drung ngv'plaq, Yamphu ङा (ŋa), Western Tamang तर्‌ङ (tarŋa).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ngol 

  1. (Yao'an) fish

Serer

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Etymology

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From Proto-Fula-Serer *Qol, whence also Fula honndu.[1]

Noun

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ngol (definite article ne, plural kol)

  1. finger
  2. toe

References

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  1. ^ Konstantin Pozdniakov (2022) Proto-Fula–Sereer: Lexicon, morphophonology, and noun classes (Niger-Congo Compartative Studies), volume 3, Berlin, Germany: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 65