ngali

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Bandjalang

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Etymology

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From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Noun

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ngali

  1. we

Gamilaraay

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Etymology

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From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngali

  1. We two (first person dual pronoun)

References

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  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Guugu Yimidhirr

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Etymology

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From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngali

  1. We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)

Usage notes

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Most modern speakers no longer make a distinction between inclusive and exclusive pronouns, instead using ngali for both "you and I" and "he/she and I".

References

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  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Maguindanao

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Noun

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ngali

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Martuthunira

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ngayarda *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngali

  1. We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)

References

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  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Pitjantjatjara

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Etymology

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From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngali (first person dual, accusative ngalinya, possessive/purposive ngalimpa, locative ngalila)

  1. we two
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Pitjantjatjara personal pronouns (nominative case)
Singular Dual Plural
First person ngayulu (I)
Bound form: -ṉa
ngali (we two)
Bound form: -li
nganaṉa (we, more than two)
Bound form: -la
Second person nyuntu (you)
Bound form: -n
nyupali (you two) nyura (you, more than two)
Third person paluṟu (he/she/it) pula (they two) tjana (they, more than two)
Bound form: -ya

Swahili

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Verb

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-ngali (only present tense)

  1. to still be
    Near-synonym: bado
    ungali unasemayou are still saying
    ningali sijuiI still do not know
    wangali watotothey are still children
    wangali hawajalalathey are not yet asleep

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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