ngi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngi"
Japanese
editRomanization
editngi
Khasi
editPronoun
editngi
Kikuyu
editEtymology
editHinde (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
editngi class 9/10 (plural ngi)
- fly (insect)
Derived terms
edit(Proverbs)
See also
editReferences
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
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Oceanic *ŋipon (“tooth”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋipen (“tooth”). Cognate with Pohnpeian ngih.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editngi
Inflection
editPossessive 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
edit- ngihn jeri (“baby teeth”)
Woleaian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editngi
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