ngi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngi"
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
ngi
Khasi edit
Pronoun edit
ngi
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.
- (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.[2]
Noun edit
ngi class 9/10 (plural ngi)
- fly (insect)
Derived terms edit
(Proverbs)
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- ^ 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
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Noun edit
ngi
Inflection edit
Possessive forms of ngi (inalienable possession, -n/long vowel stem)
singular possessor | first person | ngihioa | |
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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 |
Woleaian edit
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Noun edit
ngi