ngan
Malay
Etymology
Clipping of dengan.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋan/
- Rhymes: -an
Preposition
ngan (Jawi spelling ڠن)
- (colloquial) Alternative form of dengan.
- Kau gi ngan siapa?
- Who are you going with?
Vietnamese
Etymology
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 雁 (“wild goose”, SV: nhạn). Doublet of nhạn.
Likely meant "wild goose" initially.
Sense "muscovy duck" (from the Americas) is attested in Phạm Đình Hổ's 1827 dictionary Nhật dụng thường đàm (日用常談 "Common Words Used Daily") , wherein ngan 鴳 was glossed as 赤靣鴨 (SV: xích diện áp) "red-faced duck" .
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaːn˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ŋaːŋ˧˧]
Synonyms
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