ngau
Chuukese
Adjective
ngau
- Alternative spelling of ngaw (“bad”)
Palauan
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.
Pronunciation
Noun
ngau
- fire (for cooking)
Inflection
Possessives of ngau
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
First | inclusive | nguid | |
exclusive | nguik | ngumam | |
Second | nguim | ngumiu | |
Third | nguil | ngurir |
Antonyms
- seseb (“fire (not for cooking)”)
Derived terms
- bungungau (“dark red, crimson”)
See also
- roech (“small fire”)
References
- Kaufman, Daniel (2012) “Origins of Palauan Intrusive Velar Nasals”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 51, number 1, pages 18-32
- ngau in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com.
- ngau in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com.
- ngau in Lewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977) Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 210.
Rapa Nui
Verb
ngau
Categories:
- Chuukese lemmas
- Chuukese adjectives
- Palauan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palauan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Palauan terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian
- Palauan terms derived from Proto-Austronesian
- Palauan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Palauan lemmas
- Palauan nouns
- Rapa Nui lemmas
- Rapa Nui verbs