ngau

Chuukese

Adjective

ngau

1. Alternative spelling of ngaw (“bad”)

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Palauan

FWOTD – 22 August 2017

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋaw/

Noun

ngau

1. 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.

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Rapa Nui

Verb

ngau

1. bite