ngalagena
Sundanese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From earlier ngalegena, from Javanese ꦔ꧀ꦭꦼꦒꦼꦤ (nglegena, “naked; be suffice; without diacritics”), ultimately from Sanskrit नग्न (nagna, “naked”). Distant cognate of English naked.
Noun
[edit]ngalagena (Sundanese script ᮍᮜᮌᮨᮔ)
- (linguistics) consonant sounds without diacritics (rarangkén)
Further reading
[edit]- "ngalagena" in Maman Sumantri; Atjep Djamaludin; Achmad Patoni; R.H. Moch. Koerdie; M.O. Koesman; Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985), Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia
- "NGALĔGĔNA", in Coolsma, S (1913), Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij