angu

Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).

angu (plural angus)

1. (cooking) A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognates include Iraqw isaangw, Sidamo unuuna, Saho angu and Jiiddu eenge (“breast”). Related to Somali nuug / dhuuq (“to suck”), Egyptian snq (“to suck”), Akkadian 𒂊𒉈𒆪 (enēqu, “to suck”), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, “to suck”), Hausa nono (“breast”).

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡu/, [ʔʌŋˈɡʊ]
• Hyphenation: an‧gu

angú f (plural anguugá f)

1. breast

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “angu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004) Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 29
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːŋu]

angu

1. to guard

   Synonym: ĵawa

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “angu”, in Lamboya word list‎, Leiden: LexiRumah

-angu (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)

Borrowed from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).

• Hyphenation: an‧gu

angu m (plural angus)

1. (Brazil, cooking) angu (Brazilian dish)

• angu de caroço
• tem caroço nesse angu

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-angu (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎, translation from R. Allen (1946) “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 6:

     نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ

     Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.

     Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.