nyanga
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Jamaican Creole[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
nyanga (plural nyanga dem, quantified nyanga)
- (uncountable) Pride
- (countable) A proud person.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → English: nang
Verb[edit]
nyanga
- To walk proudly and provocatively.
References[edit]
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 411
- Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002), Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 326
Lala (South Africa)[edit]
Noun[edit]
nyangá
Pitjantjatjara[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
nyanga
- (demonstrative) this; this one
Derived terms[edit]
- nyangakutu (“over here, around here”)
- nyanganpa (“these, these ones”)
- nyangangka (“here”)
- nyangatja (“here, right here”)
See also[edit]
Xhosa[edit]
Verb[edit]
-nyanga?
- (transitive) to cure
Inflection[edit]
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
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