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nganga

See also: Nganga

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa.

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  • Hyphenation: nga‧nga
  • IPA(key): /ˈŋaŋa/ [ˈŋa.ŋa]
  • IPA(key): /ŋaˈŋa/ [ŋaˈŋa]

Noun

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ngánga or ngangá

  1. gape, opening of the mouth

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Bobongko

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Noun

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nganga

  1. mouth

French

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Etymology

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From a Bantu language.

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Noun

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nganga m (plural nganga)

  1. an African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine

Kikuyu

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Etymology

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Hinde (1904) records enganga as an equivalent of English guinea-fowl in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba nganga and Swahili kanga etc. as its equivalents.[1]

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As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 3 with a disyllabic stem, together with kĩhaato, mbembe, kiugo, and so on.
  • (Kiambu)

Noun

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nganga class 9/10 (plural nganga)

  1. guinea fowl

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  1. ^ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 30–31. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
  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.
  • “nganga” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa Ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, pp. 10, 33.

Kituba

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà.

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nganga

  1. traditional healer

Kongo

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Compare Swahili mganga.

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nganga

  1. witch doctor

Lindu

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Noun

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nganga

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Lingala

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Noun

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nganga

  1. priest

Malay

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Verb

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nganga

  1. to gape
  2. to open mouth

Maori

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ŋa.ŋa/, [ŋɐ.ŋɐ]

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nganga

  1. hail
  2. stone of a fruit
  3. core of a boil
  4. shell or husk

Nyunga

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Noun

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nganga

  1. the sun

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Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth wide, gape; gaping; opening of a bubu fish trap, basket, etc.”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋaŋa (“open the mouth”).

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Noun

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ngangá (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

  1. act of opening one's mouth
    Synonym: buka ng bibig
  2. (by extension) jaw drop
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Etymology 2

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From Proto-Philippine *ŋaqŋaq (“to chew betel”).

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ngangà (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

  1. combination of betel nut, chewing tobacco, and a little lime wrapped in a betel leaf prepared for chewing
    Synonyms: hitso, mam-in
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Etymology 3

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Noun

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ngangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

  1. (obsolete) name of the Baybayin letter ᜅ, corresponding to "nga"

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Further reading

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  • “nganga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • Serrano-Laktaw, Pedro (1914) Diccionario tagálog-hispano, Ateneo de Manila, page 865.
  • San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎[1], La Noble Villa de Pila
    • page 9: “Abrir) Ng̃ang̃a (pc) la boca”
    • page 408: “Mascar) Ng̃ang̃a (pp) buyo o otra coſa”
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋaŋa₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ŋaqŋaq₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

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Tswana

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Verb

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nganga

  1. to dispute, to argue
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