angu
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Angu
Angu
See also: Angu
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).
Noun
angu (plural angus)
- (cooking) A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.
Afar
Etymology
From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognates include Iraqw isaangw, Sidamo unuuna, Saho angu and Jiiddu eenge (“breast”). Related to Somali nuug / dhuuq (“to suck”), Egyptian snq (“to suck”), Akkadian 𒂊𒉈𒆪 (enēqu, “to suck”), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, “to suck”), Hausa nono (“breast”).
Pronunciation
Noun
angú f (plural anguugá f)
Declension
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| predicative | angú | |||||||||||||||||
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References
- E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “angu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 29
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Laboya
Pronunciation
Verb
angu
References
Maore Comorian
Adjective
-angu (declinable)
- my (first-person singular possessive adjective)
See also
Maore Comorian possessive adjectives
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: an‧gu
Noun
angu m (plural angus)
Derived terms
Swahili
Pronunciation
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Adjective
-angu (declinable)
- my (first-person singular possessive adjective)
- 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi, translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, , pages 243–249, stanza 6:
- نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ
- Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.
- Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.
Inflection
Inflected forms of -angu