ngô

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngo"

Kayapó

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”), from Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”), from Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈŋo]

Noun

ngô

water

Namuyi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋul ~ (d-)ŋur. Cognate with Tangut 𘊟 (*ŋwo²).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ŋo˥]

Noun

ngô

silver

Suyá

Etymology

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”), from Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”), from Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈŋɡo]

Noun

ngô

water
river
Hwĩsôsôk itha khãm kê wapatá me pá me ngô me hwykha me mbyt me khajkhwa me ithajê ro sujarẽni.
This book also discusses the importance of our villages, forests, rivers, lands, the sun and the sky.

Tapayuna

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈŋɡo]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“water”), from Proto-Cerrado *ŋgôj’ (“water”), from Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁j’ ~ *ŋgə̂₂j (“water”).

Noun

ngô

water
river
Atu wa thogre ngô kôt thẽ.
Tomorrow I will go along the river.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Northern Jê *ŋgô (“louse”), from Proto-Cerrado *ŋgô (“louse”), from Proto-Jê *ŋgə̂₁ᵗ (“louse”).

Noun

ngô

louse

Vietnamese

Etymology

This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.
Particularly: “The root that gave rise to Khmu [Cuang] ʰŋɔʔ, Old Mon sṅo' ("husked rice") (which certainly looks like a regional innovation) doesn't have any other reflex in Vietic (if we accept this word as one). Too many hoops gotta be jumped to connect this word to that AA root. Most probably this element is the same one as bí ngô, which is likely just Chinese 吳 / 吴, here used as a generic indication of exoticness or foreignness, same as its synonym bí rợ.”

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋo˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋow˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋow˧˧]
Homophone: Ngô
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Noun

ngô

(Northern Vietnam) corn, maize
Synonyms: sạu, bắp, bẹ

Derived terms

bỏng ngô

Anagrams

gôn, ông