nyanga

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɲaŋɡa/

Noun

nyanga (plural nyanga dem, quantified nyanga)

  1. (uncountable) Pride
  2. (countable) A proud person.

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → English: nang

Verb

nyanga

  1. To walk proudly and provocatively.

References
  • Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 411
  • Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002), Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 326

Lala (South Africa)

Noun

nyangá

  1. moon

Pitjantjatjara

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈɲɐŋɐ]

Adjective

nyanga

  1. (demonstrative) this; this one

Derived terms
  • nyangakutu (“over here, around here”)
  • nyanganpa (“these, these ones”)
  • nyangangka (“here”)
  • nyangatja (“here, right here”)

See also

Xhosa

Verb

-nyanga?

  1. (transitive) to cure

Inflection

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