ng
TranslingualEdit
SymbolEdit
ng
- (metrology) Symbol for nanogram, an SI unit of mass equal to 10−9 grams.
- (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Ndonga.
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EnglishEdit
NounEdit
ng
AnagramsEdit
FulaEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ng (lower case, upper case Ng)
- A letter of the Fula alphabet, written in the Latin script.
Usage notesEdit
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MandarinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ŋ – very rare shorthand
RomanizationEdit
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 唵
ng
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
TagalogEdit
Alternative formsEdit
EtymologyEdit
The two-letter spelling originates in a now defunct Spanish language abbreviation convention of drawing a tilde over the abbreviated word, in this case nang, later rendered variously as ng̃, ñg or n͠g. The complications of typing ñ, g̃ or any such tilded combination using English language typewriters in the American era, caused it to be dropped in writing.
PronunciationEdit
PrepositionEdit
ng (Baybayin spelling ᜈᜅ᜔)
- (indirect or object marker for nouns or phrases other than personal names)
- Kinain ng pusa ang isda.
- The/a cat ate the fish.
- Kumain ng isda ang pusa.
- The cat ate the/a fish.
- of; marks possession
- Kuwento ng bayan
- Story of the town
- Luto ng kusinero
- Cooking of the chef
- to, into, towards; in the direction of; arriving at
- Pumasok ng silid si Tatay nang may dumating na bisita.
- Dad went into his room when visitors had dropped by.
- Bibiyahe ng Saudi ang kaibigan ko para magtrabaho.
- My friend will depart for (to) Saudi to work.
Usage notesEdit
See usage notes at nang.
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TonganEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ng (upper case Ng)
- The tenth letter of the Tongan alphabet, called nga and written in the Latin script.
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UzbekEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ng (upper case Ng)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Uzbek alphabet, written in the Latin script.
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WelshEdit
PronunciationEdit
LetterEdit
ng (upper case Ng)
- The eleventh letter of the Welsh alphabet, called eng and written in the Latin script.
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- (Latin-script letters) llythyren; A a (Á á, À à, Â â, Ä ä), B b, C c, Ch ch, D d, Dd dd, E e (É é, È è, Ê ê, Ë ë), F f, Ff ff, G g, Ng ng, H h, I i (Í í, Ì ì, Î î, Ï ï), J j, L l, Ll ll, M m, N n, O o (Ó ó, Ò ò, Ô ô, Ö ö), P p, Ph ph, R r, Rh rh, S s, T t, Th th, U u (Ú ú, Ù ù, Û û, Ü ü), W w (Ẃ ẃ, Ẁ ẁ, Ŵ ŵ, Ẅ ẅ), Y y (Ý ý, Ỳ ỳ, Ŷ ŷ, Ÿ ÿ)
YorubaEdit
PronounEdit
ng
- Archaic spelling of n (“I”).