From Malay negeri, from Sanskrit नगरी (nagarī, “city”).
นังกฺรี (nanggri)
- country
- Synonym: บือนูวา (benuwa)
- city
- area
- Hogan, David W. (1988) Urak Lawoi': Basic Structures And Dictionary (Pacific Linguistics. Series C-109)[1], Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, The Australian National University, →ISBN, page 137