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Bandjalang
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Noun
ngali
- we
Gamilaraay
Etymology
From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngali
- We two (first person dual pronoun)
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)
Guugu Yimidhirr
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngali
- We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)
Usage notes
Most modern speakers no longer make a distinction between inclusive and exclusive pronouns, instead using ngali for both "you and I" and "he/she and I".
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.
Maguindanao
Noun
ngali
- (anatomy) mouth
Martuthunira
Etymology
From Proto-Ngayarda *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngali
- We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)
References
- Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
- Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.
Pitjantjatjara
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngali (first person dual, accusative ngalinya, possessive/purposive ngalimpa, locative ngalila)
- we two
Related terms
Pitjantjatjara personal pronouns (nominative case)
|
Singular |
Dual |
Plural
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| First person
|
ngayulu (I)
Bound form: -ṉa
|
ngali (we two)
Bound form: -li
|
nganaṉa (we, more than two)
Bound form: -la
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| Second person
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nyuntu (you)
Bound form: -n
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nyupali (you two)
|
nyura (you, more than two)
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| Third person
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paluṟu (he/she/it)
|
pula (they two)
|
tjana (they, more than two)
Bound form: -ya
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Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-ngali (only present tense)
- to still be
- Near-synonym: bado
- ungali unasema ― you are still saying
- ningali sijui ― I still do not know
- wangali watoto ― they are still children
- wangali hawajalala ― they are not yet asleep
Conjugation
Inflected forms of -ngali
Derived terms