nga

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga (plural ngas)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of nigga.
    • 2022 September 4, @jimmyperry0621, Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      This is what a RACEWAR looks like, and we still got dumb ngas out here thinking White Supremacy isn't real.
    • 2023 April 26, u/Formal_Garage4964, “They are gonna drop in this order: HXG -> Lone -> Carti -> Lone+Ken”, in Reddit‎[2], r/playboicarti, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      This nga thinks carti gonna drop😭💀💀
    • 2023 December 16, @candiemariah1, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      It's easy to say you a real nga till the feds come n give u a deal nga
    • 2023 December 1, u/Upstairs-Act-1930, “Jus need a confirmation it's album month 😪”, in Reddit‎[4], r/SoFaygo, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      lamar said "album before 2024" but yk those ngas be lying

Albanian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Albanian *en-ka and related to the preposition ka (“from, out, out of, to”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic къ (kŭ, “to”).[2]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

nga (+nominative)

  1. at, from, to
    Jo, unë nuk jam nga Shqipëria.
    No, I am not from Albania.

Synonyms[edit]

Adverb[edit]

nga

  1. whence, where from

References[edit]

  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 51, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nga”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 292

Barngarla[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Particle[edit]

nga

  1. yes

References[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Preposition[edit]

nga

  1. expressing substance, composition
    Balay nga bato.
    House of stone.
  2. expressing possession
    Ako nga balay / Akong balay
    my house

Gamilaraay[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Interjection[edit]

nga

  1. hey

References[edit]

  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Irish[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga m

  1. Eclipsed form of ga.

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of か゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カ゚

Khasi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Khasian *ŋa, from a Sino-Tibetan language. Cognate with Pnar nga.

Pronoun[edit]

nga

  1. first person singular personal pronoun: I, me
    Nga ieit ïa phi. ― I love you.
    U long u paralok jong nga. ― He is my friend.
    Ïarap ïa nga. ― Help me.

Kimaragang[edit]

Conjunction[edit]

nga

  1. but (although)

Musi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nga

  1. Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Namuyi[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ŋɑ̃˧]
  • Hyphenation: nga

Pronoun[edit]

nga

  1. I

References[edit]

  • Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language‎[5], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 129
  • Li Jianfu (2017) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎[6], Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 374

Nga La[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. fish

References[edit]

  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Pnar[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Proto-Khasian *ŋa, from a Sino-Tibetan language. Cognate with Khasi nga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nga

  1. me

Usage notes[edit]

  • The nominative counterpart is o.

Rawang[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”). Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Old Chinese 魚 (OC *ŋa).

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. fish

Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. cattle
Usage notes[edit]

In compound words of both etymologies, nga may become ngv and may also take tone.

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui nga³.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. cloud

References[edit]

  • DiCanio, Christian T. (2010) “Itunyoso Trique”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 40, number 2, →DOI, pages 227–238

Singpho[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. buffalo

References[edit]

Tagalog[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜅ (nga).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga (Baybayin spelling ᜅ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter Ng/ng, in the Abakada alphabet.
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) en dyi
See also[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Compare ngani.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈŋaʔ/, [ˈŋaʔ]

Particle[edit]

ngâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅ)

  1. a particle used to indicate affirmation
    Tama nga 'to.
    It's indeed correct.

Further reading[edit]

  • “nga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tedim Chin[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. fish

Etymology 2[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.

Numeral[edit]

nga

  1. five

References[edit]

  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Tircul[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

  1. 5 (five)

See also[edit]

  • (Pyu digits):           


Tiruray[edit]

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. child

Venda[edit]

Preposition[edit]

nga

  1. by
  2. at

Vietnamese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 娥 (“beautiful”). Probably related with 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “the Chinese goddess of the moon”).

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. (archaic, literary) Only used in tố nga (“the moon”).
  2. (archaic, literary) Only used in tiên nga (“angel; fairy”).

Etymology 2[edit]

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鵝 (“goose”).

Noun[edit]

nga

  1. Only used in thiên nga (“swan”).

Anagrams[edit]

Wutunhua[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Mandarin 我 (wǒ).

Pronunciation[edit]

Pronoun[edit]

nga

  1. me (first-person non-subject pronoun)
    ni nga da-lio.
    You have beaten me.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 73)

See also[edit]

Wutunhua personal pronouns
singular paucal collective
subjective objective
First person ngu nga ngu-jhege nga-mu
Second person ni nia ni-jhege ni-mu
Third person gu gu-jhege gu-mu

References[edit]

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[7], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yonaguni[edit]

Romanization[edit]

nga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of か゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カ゚

Zou[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Zou cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : nga

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognates include Burmese ငါး (nga:) and Tibetan ལྔ (lnga).

Pronunciation[edit]

Numeral[edit]

nga

  1. five

Etymology 2[edit]

Nga (2).

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognates include Burmese ငါး (nga:) and Tibetan ཉ (nya).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

ngá

  1. fish

Etymology 3[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋas. Cognates include Mizo ngàh.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ngà

  1. (transitive) to receive

Etymology 4[edit]

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hŋaak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋa-k. Cognates include Jingpho nga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

ngà

  1. (intransitive) to wait

References[edit]

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62
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