ngo

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Akan

Pronunciation

Noun

ngo

  1. palm oil

References

  1. ^ Kotey, Paul A. (1998). Twi-English/English-Twi Dictionary. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Danish

Etymology

From English NGO (1991).

Pronunciation

Noun

ngo c (singular definite ngo'en, plural indefinite ngo'er)

  1. NGO, non-governmental organization

Inflection

See also

Japanese

Romanization

ngo

  1. Rōmaji transcription of こ゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of コ゚

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ngo as an equivalent of English shield in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba ningau and Swahili ngao as its equivalents.[1]

Pronunciation

As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, and so on.

Noun

ngo class 9/10 (plural ngo)

  1. shield

See also

References

  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904) Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pages 52–3
  2. ^ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.

Kongo

Noun

ngo class 9 (plural zingo)

  1. leopard

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognates include Tibetan (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ngo

  1. I

Alternative forms

References

  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 40

Narua

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognates include Tibetan (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ngo

  1. I

Declension

NOM ngo
ACC ngom
PUR ngokégébé
ABL ngokélo
GEN ngoké
COM ngolékobé

Ngbaka Ma'bo

Noun

ngó

  1. water

References

  • World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2002, →ISBN

Nyishi

Etymology

From Proto-Tani *ŋoː, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ngo

  1. I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)

Declension

NOM ngo
ACC ngam
DAT ngam
ABL ngagaloke
ALL ngagabe
COM ngalegabe
POS nga

References