ngan
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ngan (Jawi spelling ڠن)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of dengan.
- Kau gi ngan siapa?
- Who are you going with?
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ngan
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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋajan.
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ngān
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Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 雁 (“wild goose”, SV: nhạn). Doublet of nhạn.
Likely meant "wild goose" initially.
Sense "muscovy duck" (from the Americas) is attested in Phạm Đình Hổ's 1827 dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談 "Common Words Used Daily") , wherein ngan 鴳 was glossed as 赤靣鴨 (SV: xích diện áp) "red-faced duck" [1].
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(classifier con) ngan • (岸, 狺, 鴳, 𪃛, 𪇩)
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ngán
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ngan