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Akan
Pronunciation
Noun
ngo
- palm oil
References
Danish
Etymology
From English NGO (1991).
Pronunciation
Noun
ngo c (singular definite ngo'en, plural indefinite ngo'er)
- NGO, non-governmental organization
Inflection
See also
Japanese
Romanization
ngo
- Rōmaji transcription of こ゚
- 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.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Noun
ngo class 9/10 (plural ngo)
- shield
See also
References
Kongo
Noun
ngo class 9 (plural zingo)
- leopard
Lashi
Etymology
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa-j ~ ka. Cognates include Tibetan ང (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngo
- I
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 ང (nga) and Burmese ငါ (nga).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngo
- I
Declension
Ngbaka Ma'bo
Noun
ngó
- water
References
- World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2002, →ISBN
Nyishi
Etymology
From Proto-Tani *ŋoː, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
ngo
- I, me (first-person singular personal pronoun)
Declension
References