ngi
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngi"
Khasi
Kikuyu
Etymology
Hinde (1904) records ingi and ingishi as equivalents of English fly in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba ingi, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba inji, and Swahili inzi (pl. mainzi) as their equivalents.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ᵑɡì(ꜜ)/
- As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.
- (Kiambu)
- (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.[2]
Derived terms
(Proverbs)
- ngi ĩrathagwo ũigana mũkiha ũrĩa ĩrĩ naguo
- ngi ndĩhoyagwo thakame
See also
References
- Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- 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.
- “ngi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Mokilese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈŋi/
Inflection
Possessive forms of ngi (inalienable possession, -n/long vowel stem)
| singular possessor | first person | ngihioa | |
|---|---|---|---|
| second person | ngihmwen | ||
| third person | ngihn | ||
| dual possessors | first person inclusive | ngihsa | |
| first person exclusive | ngihma | ||
| second person | ngihmwa | ||
| third person | ngihra | ||
| plural possessors | first person inclusive | ngihsai | |
| first person exclusive | ngihmai | ||
| second person | ngihmwai | ||
| third person | ngihrai | ||
| remote plural possessors | first person inclusive | ngihs | |
| first person exclusive | ngihmi | ||
| second person | ngihmwi | ||
| third person | ngihr | ||
| construct form | ngihn | ||
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