ngana

== English == === Noun === ngana (uncountable) Obsolete spelling of nagana. === Anagrams === Angan, nanga, Anang, ganna == Gamilaraay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋana/ === Noun === ngana room grass windbreak grass hut === References === (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement == Guugu Yimidhirr == === Etymology === From Proto-Paman *ngana, from Proto-Pama-Maric *ngana, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋana/ === Pronoun === ngana (coastal dialect) we: first person plural nominative pronoun ==== Usage notes ==== Most modern speakers use the inland form nganhdhaan, even if they otherwise use coastal words. ==== Synonyms ==== nganhdhaan (inland dialect) === References === Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 489–92 Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I. == Indonesian == === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈŋana/ [ˈŋa.na] Syllabification: nga‧na === Etymology 1 === Clipping of menurut ngana? (“you think?”), from menurut (“according to”) + ngana (“you (Manado)”). Reanalyzed as a second-person pronoun for specific use in sarcastic and rhetorical responses. ==== Pronoun ==== ngana (colloquial, sarcastic) you; yourself [mid-2010s?] === Etymology 2 === From Manado Malay ngana (“you”). ==== Pronoun ==== ngana (Manado) you (singular) == Kapampangan == === Alternative forms === ana === Etymology === From nga +‎ na. Compare Tagalog aniya. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: nga‧na === Particle === ngana (informal) said (by him/her/it) sentence-final particle used to emphasize a point. ==== Derived terms ==== == Lindu == === Noun === ngana child == Manado Malay == === Alternative forms === na === Etymology === From North Moluccan Malay ngana, from Ternate ngana. === Pronoun === ngana you (singular) == Miraya Bikol == === Etymology === Compare Masbatenyo yana and Waray-Waray yana. === Adverb === nganâ now; at present == North Moluccan Malay == === Alternative forms === nga === Etymology === From Ternate ngana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈŋana/ Hyphenation: nga‧na === Pronoun === ngana (casual) you, your (singular) === See also === ngoni (“you/y'all, your (plural)”) == Ternate == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈŋa.na] === Pronoun === ngana (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni, Jawi ڠان) second-person singular pronoun, you ==== Descendants ==== Manado Malay: ngana North Moluccan Malay: ngana ==== See also ==== === References === Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890), Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh