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Fula
Etymology
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Noun
ngalu ngu (plural ngaluuji ɗi) (Pular, Maasina)
- wealth, possessions
- Synonym: jawdi
- economy
References
- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
Tongan
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *ŋalu (“mounting wave, ocean wave”) (compare with Hawaiian nalu, Maori ngaru, Tahitian ʻaru, Samoan galu), from Proto-Oceanic *ŋalun (“mountain wave”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun (“long rolling wave; swell”) (compare with Malay alun, Tagalog álon).
Noun
ngalu
- wave
- Synonym: peau
References
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “galu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 99
Wolio
Pronunciation
Noun
ngalu
- wind
References
- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris