nganga

See also: Nganga

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *gàngà, a variant of Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà.

Noun

nganga

1. doctor, witch doctor, traditional healer
2. priest
3. surgeon

Bobongko

Noun

nganga

1. mouth

Central Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nga‧nga
• IPA^(key): /ˈŋaŋa/ [ˈŋa.ŋa]
• IPA^(key): /ŋaˈŋa/ [ŋaˈŋa]

Noun

ngánga or ngangá

1. gape, opening of the mouth

Derived terms

• inganga
• magnganga
• ngangahan
• panganga

French

Etymology

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɡan.ɡa/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

nganga m (invariable)

1. an African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records enganga as an equivalent of English guinea-fowl in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nganga and Swahili kanga etc. as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡàᵑɡáꜜ/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.

• (Kiambu)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.

Noun

nganga class 9/10 (plural nganga)

1. guinea fowl

References

• “nganga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.

Kituba

Noun

nganga

1. traditional healer

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Compare Swahili mganga.

Noun

nganga

1. witch doctor

Lindu

Noun

nganga

1. (anatomy) mouth

Lingala

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Bangi nganga.

Noun

nganga

1. healer
2. witch doctor
3. priest

Etymology 2

See the Lingala verb ganga.

Verb

-nganga (infinitive konganga)

1. to shout

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth wide, gape; gaping; opening of a bubu fish trap, basket, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaŋa/
• Rhymes: -ŋa, -a

Verb

nganga

1. to gape
2. to open mouth

Derived terms

• dingangakan
• menganga
• mengangakan
• ternganga

Further reading

• "nganga" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Māori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋaŋa/ [ˈŋɐŋɐ]

Noun

nganga

1. hail
2. stone of a fruit
3. core of a boil
4. shell or husk

Nyunga

Noun

nganga

1. the sun

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth wide, gape; gaping; opening of a bubu fish trap, basket, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth”). Compare Malay nganga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ŋaˈŋa/ [ŋɐˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: nga‧nga

Noun

ngangá (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

1. act of opening one's mouth

   Synonym: buka ng bibig

2. (by extension) jaw drop

Derived terms

• inganga
• makanganga
• manganga
• mapanganga
• ngangahan
• ngangahin
• nganghan
• ngumanga
• pagnganga
• panganga

Related terms

• bunganga
• panga
• tunganga

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *ŋaqŋaq (“to chew betel”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈŋaŋaʔ/ [ˈŋaː.ŋɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
• Syllabification: nga‧nga

Noun

ngangà (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

1. momma (combination of betel nut, chewing tobacco, and a little lime wrapped in a betel leaf prepared for chewing)

   Synonyms: hitso, mam-in

Derived terms

• kangangaan
• kanginangaan
• magnganga
• mapagnganga
• ngangain
• ngumanga
• pagngangain
• palanganga
• panganga
• pangangain
• sangnginangaan

See also

• buyo
• ikmo
• itmo
• mama
• samat

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ŋaˈŋaʔ/ [ŋɐˈŋaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: nga‧nga

Noun

ngangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ) (obsolete)

1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜅ, corresponding to "nga"

See also

• nga

Further reading

• “nganga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Serrano Laktaw, Pedro (1914), Diccionario tagálog-hispano (overall work in Tagalog and Spanish), Intramuros, Manila: Ateneo de Manila., page 865
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.‎^[1] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
  • page 9: “Abrir) Ng̃ang̃a (pc) la boca”
  • page 408: “Mascar) Ng̃ang̃a (pp) buyo o otra coſa”
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋaŋa₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋaqŋaq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• ang-ang

Tswana

Verb

nganga

1. to dispute, to argue

Woiwurrung

Alternative forms

• nang-ak (“see”)

Verb

nganga

1. look
2. see

See also

• ngang-â-din (“saw”)
• nang-nak (“look”)