Bandjalang edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Noun edit

ngali

  1. we

Gamilaraay edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngali

  1. 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

  1. 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

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Martuthunira edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngali

  1. 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)

  1. we two

Related terms edit

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 edit

Pronunciation edit

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Verb edit

-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 edit

Derived terms edit