nganga

See also: Nganga

Bikol Central

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

ngánga or ngangá

1. gape, opening of the mouth

Derived terms

• inganga
• magnganga
• ngangahan
• panganga

 

Bobongko

Noun

nganga

1. mouth

French

Etymology

From a Bantu language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɡan.ɡa/

Noun

nganga m (plural nganga)

1. an African witch doctor or specialist in traditional medicine

Kikuyu

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ᵑɡàᵑɡáꜜ/

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)

• (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including bũrũri (pl. mabũrũri), ikara, ikinya, itimũ, kanitha (pl. makanitha), kiugo, kĩhaato, maguta, mũgeka, mũkonyo, mũrata, mwana, mbembe, mbũri, nyaga, riitho, riũa, rũrĩmĩ (pl. nĩmĩ), ũhoro (pl. mohoro), and so on.

Noun

nganga class 9/10 (plural nganga)

1. guinea fowl

References

• “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

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà.

Noun

nganga

1. traditional healer

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *mʊ̀gàngà. Compare Swahili mganga.

Noun

nganga

1. witch doctor

Lindu

Noun

nganga

1. (anatomy) mouth

Lingala

Noun

nganga

1. priest

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaŋa/
• Rhymes: -ŋa, -a

Verb

nganga

1. to gape
2. to open mouth

Maori

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋa.ŋa/, [ŋɐ.ŋɐ]

Noun

nganga

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

Nyunga

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Noun

nganga

1. the sun

References

• 1839, George Grey, Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language of Western Australia (Perth gazette and Western Australian journal)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaˈŋa/, [ŋɐˈŋa]
• Hyphenation: nga‧nga

Noun

ngangá (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

1. act of opening one's mouth

   Synonym: buka ng bibig

2. (by extension) jaw drop

Derived terms

• inganga
• makanganga
• manganga
• mapanganga
• ngangahan
• ngangahin
• nganghan
• ngumanga
• pagnganga
• panganga

 

Related terms

• bunganga
• panga
• tunganga

 

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋaŋaʔ/, [ˈŋa.ŋɐʔ]
• Hyphenation: nga‧nga

Noun

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

Derived terms

• kangangaan
• kanginangaan
• magnganga
• mapagnganga
• ngangain
• ngumanga
• pagngangain
• palanganga
• pangangain
• sangnginangaan

 

See also

• buyo
• ikmo
• itmo
• mama
• samat

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaˈŋaʔ/, [ŋɐˈŋaʔ]
• Hyphenation: nga‧nga

Noun

ngangâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜅ)

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

See also

• nga

 

Further reading

• “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”

Tswana

Verb

nganga

1. to dispute, to argue