Fula edit

Suffix edit

ngu

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

Usage notes edit

Article edit

ngu

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    Koltu nguthe attire

Usage notes edit

Determiner edit

ngu

  1. (used in indicating something)
    Ngu koltuthis/that attire

Usage notes edit

Gbanziri edit

Noun edit

ngu

  1. water

References edit

  • Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

ngu

  1. Rōmaji transcription of く゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ク゚

Kavalan edit

Noun edit

ngu

  1. goose

Lashi edit

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngu

  1. Alternative form of ngo

References edit

  • Mark Wannemacher (2011) A phonological overview of the Lacid language[1], Chiang Mai: Payap University., page 35

Mündü edit

Noun edit

ngu

  1. Alternative form of ngú

References edit

  • Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75

Northern Qiang edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

ngu

  1. to be

Sango edit

Noun edit

ngû

  1. water

References edit

  • William Samarin, A Grammar of Sango (1963)

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

ngu (, )

  1. stupid; idiotic; moronic
    • 2006, Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, Chuyện xứ Lang Biang part 2: Biến cố ở trường Đămri, Kim Đồng, chapter 13
      Tụi Kăply rúm người lại, lấm lét nhìn nhau, cố đoán xem cái "lũ ngu" mà ông K'Tul đang chửi te tua kia có phải là tụi nó hay không.
      Kăply and his friends cringed, furtively looking at each other, trying to guess whether that "idiotic bunch" Mr K'Tul was verbally abusing would be them.

Usage notes edit

  • This word may sound very rough. For a softer one, use ngốc which can be even used endearingly.

Derived terms edit

Derived terms

Anagrams edit

Wutunhua edit

Etymology edit

From Mandarin ().

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

ngu

  1. I (first-person subject pronoun)
    ngu rongbo-li qhi-zhe.
    I am going to Longwu.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 52)

See also edit

References edit

  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN