ngana

English

Noun

ngana (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of nagana
   • 1908 March 12, John William Watson Stephens, “Sleeping Sickness”, in Nature, volume 77, pages 440–442:

     It is perhaps an exaggeration to say that we know now no more about tsetse-flies than we did when Bruce discovered that Gl. morsitans transmitted the trypanosome (T. brucei) of ngana […]

Anagrams

• Anang, ganna, nanga

Gamilaraay

ngana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɲana/

Noun

ngana

1. room
2. grass windbreak
3. grass hut

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *ngana, from Proto-Pama-Maric *ngana, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋana/

Pronoun

ngana

1. (coastal dialect) we: first person plural nominative pronoun

Usage notes

Most modern speakers use the inland form nganhdhaan, even if they otherwise use coastal words.

Synonyms

• nganhdhaan (inland dialect)

References

• Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
• Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Lindu

Noun

ngana

1. child

Manado Malay

Etymology

From North Moluccan Malay ngana, from Ternate ngana.

Pronoun

ngana

1. you (singular)

North Moluccan Malay

Etymology

From Ternate ngana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋa.na]

Pronoun

ngana

1. you (singular)

   Ngana tara tau apa-apa tentang kita.

   You don't know a thing about me.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋa.na]

Pronoun

ngana (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni, Jawi ڠان)

1. second-person singular pronoun, you

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh