ngay

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ilocano ngay. === Particle === ngay (Philippines, chiefly Baguio) Used to question the listener for a response or affirmation that implies impatience. that implies dismay or disgust. Used to agree with what the listener has said. Used for emphasis Used to solicit pity from the listener == Gamilaraay == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋaj/ === Pronoun === ngay my (to me) === References === Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay” == Ilocano == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈŋaj/ [ˈŋaɪ̯] Hyphenation: ngay === Particle === ngay (Kur-itan spelling ᜅᜌ᜔) Used to question the listener for a response or affirmation that implies impatience. that implies dismay or disgust. Used to agree with what the listener has said. Used for emphasis Used to solicit pity from the listener === References === Rubino, Carl Ralph Galvez (2000), “ngay”, in Byron W. Bender, editor, Ilocano Dictionary and Grammar: Ilocano-English, English-Ilocano‎[1] (overall work in English and Ilocano), Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, page 386 == Tagalog == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ilocano ngay. === Pronunciation === (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈŋaj/ [ˈŋaɪ̯] Rhymes: -aj Syllabification: ngay === Particle === ngay (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜌ᜔) (Baguio) Used to question the listener for a response or affirmation Synonym: ba that implies impatience. that implies dismay or disgust. Used to agree with what the listener has said. Synonym: nga eh Used for emphasis Synonym: nga Used to solicit pity from the listener == Vietnamese == === Etymology === From Proto-Vietic *t-ŋar (“straight”). Cognate with Muong Bi ngăl, Chut [Rục] təŋal¹. === Pronunciation === (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ŋaj˧˧] (Huế) IPA(key): [ŋaj˧˧] (Saigon) IPA(key): [ŋa(ː)j˧˧] === Adjective === ngay • (宜, 𣦍, 𬆄) (now chiefly in compounds and certain expressions) direct; straight cây ngay ― a straight tree (literary) honest as soon as, straight away ngay khi ― as soon as === Preposition === ngay • (宜, 𣦍, 𬆄) short for ngay cạnh (“right by, right beside”) ==== Derived terms ====