nyanga
Jamaican Creole edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
nyanga (plural nyanga dem, quantified nyanga)
- (uncountable) Pride
- (countable) A proud person.
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
- → English: nang
Verb edit
nyanga
- To walk proudly and provocatively.
References edit
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 411
- Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002), Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 326
Lala (South Africa) edit
Noun edit
nyangá
Pitjantjatjara edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
nyanga
- (demonstrative) this; this one
Derived terms edit
- nyangakutu (“over here, around here”)
- nyanganpa (“these, these ones”)
- nyangangka (“here”)
- nyangatja (“here, right here”)
See also edit
Xhosa edit
Verb edit
-nyanga?
- (transitive) to cure
Inflection edit
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