ngali
Bandjalang edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Noun edit
ngali
Gamilaraay edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ngali
- We two (first person dual pronoun)
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ngali
- We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)
Usage notes edit
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 edit
- 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 edit
Noun edit
ngali
Martuthunira edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Ngayarda *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ngali
- We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)
References edit
- 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 edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation edit
Pronoun edit
ngali (first person dual, accusative ngalinya, possessive/purposive ngalimpa, locative ngalila)
- we two
Related terms edit
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 edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya): (file)
Verb edit
-ngali (only present tense)
- to still be
- Near-synonym: bado
- ungali unasema ― you are still saying
- ningali sijui ― I still do not know
- wangali watoto ― they are still children
- wangali hawajalala ― they are not yet asleep
Conjugation edit
Inflected forms of -ngali
Singular | Plural | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st person | ningali | tungali | |
2nd person | ungali | mngali | |
3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | angali/yungali | wangali |
m-mi(III/IV) | ungali | ingali | |
ji-ma(V/VI) | lingali | yangali | |
ki-vi(VII/VIII) | kingali | vingali | |
n(IX/X) | ingali | zingali | |
u(XI) | ungali | see n(X) or ma(VI) | |
ku(XV/XVII) | kungali | ||
pa(XVI) | pangali | ||
mu(XVIII) | mngali | ||
For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs. |
Derived terms edit
Categories:
- Bandjalang terms inherited from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Bandjalang terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Bandjalang lemmas
- Bandjalang nouns
- Gamilaraay terms inherited from Proto-Central New South Wales
- Gamilaraay terms derived from Proto-Central New South Wales
- Gamilaraay terms inherited from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Gamilaraay terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Gamilaraay terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gamilaraay lemmas
- Gamilaraay pronouns
- Guugu Yimidhirr terms inherited from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Guugu Yimidhirr terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Guugu Yimidhirr terms with IPA pronunciation
- Guugu Yimidhirr lemmas
- Guugu Yimidhirr pronouns
- Maguindanao lemmas
- Maguindanao nouns
- mdh:Anatomy
- Martuthunira terms inherited from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Martuthunira terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Martuthunira terms with IPA pronunciation
- Martuthunira lemmas
- Martuthunira pronouns
- Pitjantjatjara terms inherited from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Pitjantjatjara terms derived from Proto-Pama-Nyungan
- Pitjantjatjara terms with IPA pronunciation
- Pitjantjatjara lemmas
- Pitjantjatjara pronouns
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili verbs
- Swahili terms with usage examples