Akan edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ngo

  1. palm oil

References edit

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From English NGO (1991).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɛnɡeo/, [ɛnɡ̊eˈoˀ]

Noun edit

ngo c (singular definite ngo'en, plural indefinite ngo'er)

  1. NGO, non-governmental organization

Inflection edit

See also edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ngo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こ゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of コ゚

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Hinde (1904) records ngo as an equivalent of English shield in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ningau and Swahili ngao as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation edit

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, and so on.

Noun edit

ngo class 9/10 (plural ngo)

  1. shield

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904) Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa[1], Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pages 52–3
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Lashi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognates include Tibetan (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngo

  1. I

Alternative forms edit

References edit

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 40

Narua edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognates include Tibetan (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngo

  1. I

Declension edit

NOM ngo
ACC ngom
PUR ngokégébé
ABL ngokélo
GEN ngoké
COM ngolékobé

Ngbaka Ma'bo edit

Noun edit

ngó

  1. water

References edit

  • World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2002, →ISBN

Nyishi edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Tani *ŋoː, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngo

  1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Declension edit

NOM ngo
ACC ngam
DAT ngam
ABL ngagaloke
ALL ngagabe
COM ngalegabe
POS nga

References edit