Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ngi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of き゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of キ゚

Khasi edit

Pronoun edit

ngi

  1. first person plural personal pronoun: we, us
    Ngin ïarap ïa phi.We will help you.
    Ka Rin ka la ai ka kot ïa ngi.Rin gave us a book.

Kikuyu edit

Etymology edit

Hinde (1904) records ingi and ingishi as equivalents of English fly in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba ingi, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba inji, and Swahili inzi (pl. mainzi) as their equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation edit

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.

Noun edit

ngi class 9/10 (plural ngi)

  1. fly (insect)

Derived terms edit

(Proverbs)

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
  • “ngi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Mokilese edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ngi

  1. tooth

Inflection edit


Woleaian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

ngi

  1. tooth