ngoni

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English

Noun

ngoni

  1. A West African stringed instrument, shaped like a guitar.
    • 2007 October 21, Kelefa Sanneh, “Under the Hook, Rap and Rhythm Lie the Beats”, in New York Times‎:
      Mr. Kouyate’s instrument is the four-stringed West African ngoni, also called a xalam […] .

See also

Anagrams

Lindu

Adverb

ngoni

  1. later

Manado Malay

Etymology

From North Moluccan Malay ngoni, from Ternate ngoni.

Pronoun

ngoni

  1. you (plural)

Ternate

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ngoni (subject clitic ni, possessive prefix na, Jawi ڠوني)

  1. second-person plural pronoun, you all

Pronoun

ngoni (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni, Jawi ڠوني)

  1. (formal) second-person singular pronoun, you

Alternative forms

See also

Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
Informal Formal
1st person singular ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person singular ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person singular unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person plural exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1 mi mi, mia
2nd person plural ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person plural anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

References

  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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