ngi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngi"

Japanese

Romanization

ngi

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

Khasi

Pronoun

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

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡì(ꜜ)/

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

• (Kiambu)
  • (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

Noun

ngi class 9/10 (plural ngi)

1. fly (insect)

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• ngi ĩrathagwo ũigana mũkiha ũrĩa ĩrĩ naguo
• ngi ndĩhoyagwo thakame

See also

• thigai

References

• “ngi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ŋipon (“tooth”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋipen (“tooth”). Cognate with Pohnpeian ngih.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋi/

Noun

ngi

1. tooth

Inflection

Possessive forms of ngi (inalienable possession, -n/long vowel stem)

singular possessor	first person		ngihioa
	second person		ngihmwen
	third person		ngihn
dual possessors	first person inclusive		ngihsa
	first person exclusive		ngihma
	second person		ngihmwa
	third person		ngihra
plural possessors	first person inclusive		ngihsai
	first person exclusive		ngihmai
	second person		ngihmwai
	third person		ngihrai
remote plural possessors	first person inclusive		ngihs
	first person exclusive		ngihmi
	second person		ngihmwi
	third person		ngihr
construct form			ngihn

Derived terms

• ngihn jeri (“baby teeth”)

Woleaian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋi/

Noun

ngi

1. tooth