ngã
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
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Verb
- to fall (due to lack of balance)
Noun
ngã
- (linguistics) Short for thanh ngã.
Etymology 2
From Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁ngah (“crossroads”).
Noun
ngã
- (almost always in compounds with an integer greater than 2) an intersection
- ngã ba ― a three-way intersection; a fork
- ngã tư ― a crossroads