angu

English

Angu

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba a'ngu or Fon àgun.

Noun

angu (plural angus)

1. (cooking) a popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil

Afar

Etymology

From Proto-Cushitic. Cognates include Iraqw isaangw, Sidamo unuuna and Saho angu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡu/, [ʔʌŋˈɡʊ]
• Hyphenation: angu

Noun

angú f (plural anguugá f)

1. breast

Declension

Declension of angú
absolutive	angú
predicative	angú
subjective	angú
genitive	angú
Postpositioned forms l-case angúl k-case angúk t-case angút h-case angúh

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “angu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 29
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːŋu]

Verb

angu

1. to guard

   Synonym: ĵawa

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “angu”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Maore Comorian

Adjective

-angu (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)

See also

Maore Comorian possessive adjectives

			singular	plural
1st person			-angu	-atru
2nd person			-aho	-anyu
3rd person			-ahe	-awo

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Yoruba a'ngu or Fon àgun.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡu/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ̃ˈɡu/

• Hyphenation: an‧gu

Noun

angu m (plural angus)

1. (Brazil, cooking) angu (Brazilian dish)

Derived terms

• angu de caroço
• tem caroço nesse angu

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Adjective

-angu (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)

Inflection

Inflected forms of -angu

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	wangu	wangu
m-mi class(III/IV)	wangu	yangu
ji-ma class(V/VI)	langu	yangu
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	changu	vyangu
n class(IX/X)	yangu	zangu
u class(XI)	wangu	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pangu
ku class(XVII)	kwangu
mu class(XVIII)	mwangu

See also

Swahili possessive adjectives

			singular	plural
1st person			-angu	-etu
2nd person			-ako	-enu
3rd person			-ake	-ao (animate) / -ake (inanimate)