ngo

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Akan

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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ngo

  1. palm oil

References

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

Danish

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Etymology

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From English NGO (1991).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɛnɡeo/, [ɛnɡ̊eˈoˀ]

Noun

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

  1. NGO, non-governmental organization

Inflection

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Japanese

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Romanization

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ngo

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

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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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

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

Noun

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ngo class 9/10 (plural ngo)

  1. shield

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References

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904) Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa[1], 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

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Noun

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ngo class 9 (plural zingo)

  1. leopard

Lashi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngo

  1. I

Alternative forms

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References

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  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid[3], Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis), page 40

Narua

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngo

  1. I

Declension

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

Ngbaka Ma'bo

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Noun

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ngó

  1. water

References

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  • World Lexicon of Grammaticalization (2002, →ISBN

Nyishi

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngo

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

Declension

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

References

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