ngulu

See also: ngúlu

English

Noun

ngulu (plural not attested)

1. A type of sword used for executions by Bantu people.

Fula

Etymology

From the same root as wulgo.

Noun

ngulu ngu

1. (Adamawa) fire

References

• Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1999), Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)‎^[1] (in French)

Gamilaraay

ngulu

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋulu/

Noun

ngulu

1. face, forehead

References

• Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 503–5
• Peter Austin (1993) A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (Thesis)‎^[2], Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics, →ISBN

Kimbundu

Jingulu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ̀bè.

Noun

ngulu class 9 (plural jingulu)

1. pig, pork
2. (figurative) glutton

References

• Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “Ngulu”, in Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico [Kimbundu–Portuguese Dictionary: Linguistic, Botanic, Historical and Chorographic] (in Portuguese), Luanda: Argente, Santos & C.^a, L.^da, page 46
• Matta, Joaquim (1893), “Ngulu”, in Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez [Draft of a Kimbundu-Portuguese Dictionary] (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Antonio Maria Pereira, page 124

Kituba

Noun

ngulu

1. pig

Kongo

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ́ (“pig”).

Noun

ngulu class 9

1. pig

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Kongo ngulu.

Noun

ngulu

1. pig

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Noun

ngulu

1. face, forehead

References

• Barry Alpher (2004), “Pama-Nyungan: Phonological Reconstruction and Status as a Phylo-Genetic Group”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5

Nyishi

Etymology

From ngo (“I”) +‎ -lu (“plural suffix in pronouns”).

Pronoun

ngulu

1. we

References

• P. T. Abraham (2005), A Grammar of Nyishi Language‎^[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors