ngau

== Chuukese == === Adjective === ngau alternative spelling of ngaw (“bad”) == Iu Mien == === Noun === ngau hook == Mizo == === Etymology === From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaaw. === Noun === ngau capped langur monkey (Trachypithecus pileatus) === Further reading === Lorrain, J. Herbert (1940), “ngau”, in Dictionary of the Lushai language, Calcutta: Asiatic Society == Palauan == === Etymology === From Pre-Palauan *ŋ awi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈŋaw/ === Noun === ngau fire (for cooking) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Antonyms ==== seseb (“fire (not for cooking)”) ==== Derived terms ==== bungungau (“dark red, crimson”) ==== See also ==== roech (“small fire”) ==== References ==== Kaufman, Daniel (2012), “Origins of Palauan Intrusive Velar Nasals”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 51, number 1, pages 18-32 ngau in Palauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, at tekinged.com. ngau in Palauan-English Dictionary, at trussel2.com. ngau in Lewis S. Josephs; Edwin G. McManus; Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977), Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii, →ISBN, page 210. == Rapa Nui == === Etymology === From Proto-Polynesian [Term?]. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈŋa.u/ === Verb === ngau (transitive) to bite === References === Paulus Kieviet (2017), A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[1], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 29