-nga

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Maori

Suffix

-nga

  1. Nominalizing suffix used to form derivate nouns.

Usage notes

Commonly used with verbs that do not take a direct object and take the passive ending -a and -na, statives and adjectives. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.