ngo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngo"

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /ŋɔ˧/

Verb

ngo

1. to be unoccupied
   • 2010, “1 Samuel 20:25”, in Ngochang Common Language Bible‎^[3], Yangon: Bible Society of Myanmar:

     [...]Dawi joqyos gas ngo joq.

     ...David's place remained unoccupied.

Derived terms

• ngo joqyos

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas, Sampu, Nasaw, Jaseng, Wilai, Jana, Thocha (2005) A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[4], Payap University, page 89

Akan

Pronunciation

• Tone: LH

Noun

ngo

1. palm oil

References

• Christaller, Johann Gottlieb (1881) “e̱-kye̱w”, in A Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language Called Tshi (Chwee, Tw̌i)‎^[5], Basel, page 347

Danish

Etymology

From English NGO (1991).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛnɡeo/, [ɛnɡ̊eˈoˀ]

Noun

ngo c (singular definite ngo'en, plural indefinite ngo'er)

1. NGO, non-governmental organization

Inflection

Declension of ngo

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	ngo	ngo'en	ngo'er	ngo'erne
genitive	ngo's	ngo'ens	ngo'ers	ngo'ernes

See also

• ngo on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Japanese

Romanization

ngo

1. Rōmaji transcription of こ゚
2. Rōmaji transcription of コ゚

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ngo as an equivalent of English shield in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ningau and Swahili ngao as its equivalents.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡɔ̀(ꜜ)/

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, and so on.

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

ngo class 9/10 (plural ngo)

1. shield

See also

• ndome

Kongo

Noun

ngo class 9 (plural zingo)

1. leopard

Narua

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa. Cognates include Tibetan ང (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋo/

Pronoun

ngo

1. I

Declension

NOM	ngo
ACC	ngom
PUR	ngokégébé
ABL	ngokélo
GEN	ngoké
COM	ngolékobé

Ngbaka Ma'bo

Noun

ngó

1. water

References

• World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2002, →ISBN

Nyishi

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *ŋoː, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋo/

Pronoun

ngo

1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Declension

NOM	ngo
ACC	ngam
DAT	ngam
ABL	ngagaloke
ALL	ngagabe
COM	ngalegabe
POS	nga

References

• A Grammar of Nyishi Language