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Gamilaraay
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ngay
- my (to me)
References
[edit]- Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
- (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
- (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”
Vietnamese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Vietic *t-ŋar (“straight”). Cognate with Muong Bi ngăl, Chut [Rục] təŋal¹.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋa(ː)j˧˧]
Audio (Hà Nội): (file)
Adjective
[edit]- (now chiefly in compounds and certain expressions) direct; straight
- cây ngay ― a straight tree
- Ngồi ngay lên nào!
- Come on, sit up straight!
- (literary) honest
- as soon as, straight away
- ngay khi ― as soon as
Preposition
[edit]- Short for ngay cạnh (“right by, right beside”).
- Nhà nó ở ngay cầu lớn.
- His house is right beside the big bridge.
See also
[edit]Derived terms
Categories:
- Gamilaraay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gamilaraay lemmas
- Gamilaraay pronouns
- Vietnamese terms inherited from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms derived from Proto-Vietic
- Vietnamese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Vietnamese terms with audio links
- Vietnamese lemmas
- Vietnamese adjectives
- Vietnamese terms with usage examples
- Vietnamese literary terms
- Vietnamese prepositions
- Vietnamese short forms