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nga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nga"

English

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Noun

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nga (plural ngas)

  1. (African-American Vernacular, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of nigga.
    • 2022 September 4, @jimmyperry0621, Twitter‎[1], archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      This is what a RACEWAR looks like, and we still got dumb ngas out here thinking White Supremacy isn't real.
    • 2023 April 26, u/Formal_Garage4964, “They are gonna drop in this order: HXG -> Lone -> Carti -> Lone+Ken”, in Reddit‎[2], r/playboicarti, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      This nga thinks carti gonna drop😭💀💀
    • 2023 December 16, @candiemariah1, Twitter‎[3], archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      It's easy to say you a real nga till the feds come n give u a deal nga
    • 2023 December 1, u/Upstairs-Act-1930, “Jus need a confirmation it's album month 😪”, in Reddit‎[4], r/SoFaygo, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:
      lamar said "album before 2024" but yk those ngas be lying

Albanian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Albanian *en-ka and related to the preposition ka (“from, out, out of, to”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic къ (kŭ, “to”).[2]

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Preposition

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nga (+nominative)

  1. at, from, to
    Jo, unë nuk jam nga Shqipëria.
    No, I am not from Albania.

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Adverb

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nga

  1. whence, where from

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  1. ^ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 51, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
  2. ^ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nga”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 292

Barngarla

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Particle

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nga

  1. yes

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Cebuano

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Preposition

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nga

  1. expressing substance, composition
    Balay nga bato.
    House of stone.
  2. expressing possession
    Ako nga balay / Akong balay
    my house

Gamilaraay

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Interjection

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nga

  1. hey

References

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  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

Irish

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Noun

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nga m

  1. Eclipsed form of ga.

Japanese

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Romanization

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nga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of か゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カ゚

Jingpho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”). Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Old Chinese 魚 (OC *ŋa).

Noun

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nga

  1. fish

Khasi

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Etymology

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From Proto-Khasian *ŋa, from a Sino-Tibetan language. Cognate with Pnar nga.

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nga

  1. first person singular personal pronoun: I, me
    Nga ieit ïa phi. ― I love you.
    U long u paralok jong nga. ― He is my friend.
    Ïarap ïa nga. ― Help me.

Kimaragang

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Conjunction

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nga

  1. but (although)

Musi

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nga

  1. Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

Namuyi

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  • IPA(key): [ŋɑ̃˧]
  • Hyphenation: nga

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nga

  1. I

References

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  • Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language‎[5], Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 129
  • Li Jianfu (2017) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎[6], Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 374

Nga La

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun

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nga

  1. fish

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  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Pnar

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Etymology

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From Proto-Khasian *ŋa, from a Sino-Tibetan language. Cognate with Khasi nga.

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Pronoun

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nga

  1. me

Usage notes

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  • The nominative counterpart is o.

Rawang

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”). Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Old Chinese 魚 (OC *ŋa).

Noun

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nga

  1. fish

Etymology 2

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Noun

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nga

  1. cattle
Usage notes
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In compound words of both etymologies, nga may become ngv and may also take tone.

San Martín Itunyoso Triqui

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Etymology

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Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui nga³.

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Noun

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nga

  1. cloud

References

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  • DiCanio, Christian T. (2010) “Itunyoso Trique”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 40, number 2, →DOI, pages 227–238

Singpho

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Noun

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nga

  1. buffalo

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Influenced by Baybayin character ᜅ (nga).

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Noun

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nga (Baybayin spelling ᜅ)

  1. the name of the Latin-script letter Ng/ng, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) en dyi
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Etymology 2

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Compare ngani.

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Particle

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ngâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅ)

  1. a particle used to indicate affirmation
    Tama nga 'to.
    It's indeed correct.

Further reading

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  • “nga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Tedim Chin

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

Noun

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nga

  1. fish

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.

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nga

  1. five

References

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  • Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

Tircul

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Numeral

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  1. 5 (five)

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Tiruray

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Noun

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nga

  1. child

Venda

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Preposition

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nga

  1. by
  2. at

Vietnamese

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Etymology 1

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 娥 (“beautiful”). Probably related with 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “the Chinese goddess of the moon”).

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nga

  1. (archaic, literary) Only used in tố nga (“the moon”).
  2. (archaic, literary) Only used in tiên nga (“angel; fairy”).

Etymology 2

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Sino-Vietnamese word from 鵝 (“goose”).

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nga

  1. Only used in thiên nga (“swan”).

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Wutunhua

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Etymology

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From Mandarin 我 (wǒ).

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Pronoun

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nga

  1. me (first-person non-subject pronoun)
    ni nga da-lio.
    You have beaten me.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 73)

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Wutunhua personal pronouns
singular paucal collective
subjective objective
First person ngu nga ngu-jhege nga-mu
Second person ni nia ni-jhege ni-mu
Third person gu gu-jhege gu-mu

References

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  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[7], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yonaguni

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Romanization

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nga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of か゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of カ゚

Zou

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Etymology 1

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Zou cardinal numbers
 <  4 5 6  > 
    Cardinal : nga

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognates include Burmese ငါး (nga:) and Tibetan ལྔ (lnga).

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Numeral

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nga

  1. five

Etymology 2

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Nga (2).

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognates include Burmese ငါး (nga:) and Tibetan ཉ (nya).

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ngá

  1. fish

Etymology 3

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋas. Cognates include Mizo ngàh.

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Verb

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ngà

  1. (transitive) to receive

Etymology 4

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hŋaak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋa-k. Cognates include Jingpho nga.

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ngà

  1. (intransitive) to wait

References

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  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62
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