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English
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Angu_%C3%A0_mineira.jpg/200px-Angu_%C3%A0_mineira.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).
Noun
[edit]angu (plural angus)
- (cooking) A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
Afar
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognates include Iraqw isaangw, Sidamo unuuna, Saho angu and Jiiddu eenge (“breast”). Related to Somali nuug / dhuuq (“to suck”), Egyptian snq (“to suck”), Akkadian 𒂊𒉈𒆪 (enēqu, “to suck”), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, “to suck”), Hausa nono (“breast”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]angú f (plural anguugá f)
Declension
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absolutive | angú | |||||||||||||||||
predicative | angú | |||||||||||||||||
subjective | angú | |||||||||||||||||
genitive | angú | |||||||||||||||||
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References
[edit]- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “angu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 29
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Laboya
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]angu
References
[edit]- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “angu”, in Lamboya word list[2], Leiden: LexiRumah
Maore Comorian
[edit]Adjective
[edit]-angu (declinable)
- my (first-person singular possessive adjective)
See also
[edit]Maore Comorian possessive adjectives
Portuguese
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Angu_%C3%A0_mineira.jpg/200px-Angu_%C3%A0_mineira.jpg)
Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).
Pronunciation
[edit]
- Hyphenation: an‧gu
Noun
[edit]angu m (plural angus)
Derived terms
[edit]Sranan Tongo
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Probably from Fon àgun (“gruel”), Yoruba àgún (“gruel”).[1] Cognate of Portuguese angu.
Noun
[edit]angu
- angu (firm porridge or cake made of maize flour)
References
[edit]- ^ Norval Smith (2009) “A preliminary list of probable Gbe lexical items in the Surinam Creoles”, in P. Muysken, N. Smith, editors, Surviving the Middle Passage: The West Africa-Surinam Sprachbund, Berlin: De Gruyter Mouton, →ISBN, page 468.
Swahili
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]-angu (declinable)
- my (first-person singular possessive adjective)
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi[3], translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, , pages 243–249, stanza 6:
- نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ
- Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.
- Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.
Inflection
[edit]Inflected forms of -angu
See also
[edit]Categories:
- English terms borrowed from Portuguese
- English terms derived from Portuguese
- English terms borrowed from Yoruba
- English terms derived from Yoruba
- English terms borrowed from Fon
- English terms derived from Fon
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Cooking
- Afar terms inherited from Proto-Cushitic
- Afar terms derived from Proto-Cushitic
- Afar terms inherited from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Afar terms derived from Proto-Afroasiatic
- Afar terms with IPA pronunciation
- Afar lemmas
- Afar nouns
- Afar feminine nouns
- aa:Body parts
- Laboya terms with IPA pronunciation
- Laboya lemmas
- Laboya verbs
- Maore Comorian lemmas
- Maore Comorian adjectives
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Yoruba
- Portuguese terms derived from Yoruba
- Portuguese terms borrowed from Fon
- Portuguese terms derived from Fon
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
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- Portuguese nouns
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- Brazilian Portuguese
- pt:Cooking
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