-ng
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ng"
Cebuano
Suffix
-ng
- Contraction of nga
- Appended to a name or noun to create a diminutive or affectionate term or name
Hungarian
Etymology
First attested in the after 1416. -n (of debated origin) + -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]
Suffix
-ng
Usage notes
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian suffixes
References
- -ng in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Ojibwe
Suffix
-ng
- A suffix denoting the locative form of a noun
- A suffix denoting the indefinite actor form of an animate intransitive verb (vai)
- A suffix denoting the third-person singular conjunct form of a Type 4 transitive inanimate verb (vti4)
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ŋ/ [ŋ]
Alternative forms
- -g — for roots ending in (n)
- -ng- — for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel.
- -m- — for compounds with initial stem ending in vowels, but the next stem starts with (b) or (p).
- -n- — for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter (d), (s), or (t).
- -g- — for compounds with preceding stem ending with letter (n).
Ligature
-ng (Baybayin spelling ᜅ᜔)
- Enclitic suffix, connecting adjectives to nouns and vice versa, after words ending in vowels, except compound words where the next stem starts with the letter (b) or (p).
- Enclitic suffix, connecting adverbs to verbs and vice versa, after words ending in vowels, except compound words where the next stem starts with the letter (b) or (p).
Alternative forms
- -ing — for roots ending in consonants
Suffix
-ng (proper noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜅ᜔)
- Diminutive suffix, used to form diminutives of given names ending in vowels, often one already shortened or with a diminutive suffix.
- Pepeng ― little Joseph
- Isang ― little Isabel
Derived terms
- Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng
Uzbek
Suffix
-ng (Cyrillic -нг)
- Form of -ing after a noun ending in a vowel.
- Bu ruchkang.
- "This is your ballpen."
- Bu ruchkang.
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