ngali

Bandjalang

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Noun

ngali

  1. we

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋali/

Pronoun

ngali

  1. We two (first person dual pronoun)

References
  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Peter Austin, A Reference Dictionary of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (1993)

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋali/

Pronoun

ngali

  1. We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)

Usage notes

Most modern speakers no longer make a distinction between inclusive and exclusive pronouns, instead using ngali for both "you and I" and "he/she and I".

References
  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Maguindanao

Noun

ngali

  1. (anatomy) mouth

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Ngayarda *ŋali, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋali/

Pronoun

ngali

  1. We two, you and I (first person dual inclusive pronoun)

References
  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Dench, Alan Charles. 1995. Martuthunira: A Language of the Pilbara Region of Western Australia. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics. Series C-125.

Pitjantjatjara

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋali.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈŋɐlɪ]

Pronoun

ngali (first person dual, accusative ngalinya, possessive/purposive ngalimpa, locative ngalila)

  1. we two
Pitjantjatjara personal pronouns (nominative case)
SingularDualPlural
First person ngayulu (I)
Bound form: -ṉa		 ngali (we two)
Bound form: -li		 nganaṉa (we, more than two)
Bound form: -la
Second person nyuntu (you)
Bound form: -n		 nyupali (you two) nyura (you, more than two)
Third person paluṟu (he/she/it) pula (they two) tjana (they, more than two)
Bound form: -ya

Swahili

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Verb

-ngali (only present tense)

  1. to still be
    Near-synonym: bado
    ungali unasema ― you are still saying
    ningali sijui ― I still do not know
    wangali watoto ― they are still children
    wangali hawajalala ― they are not yet asleep

Conjugation
Inflected forms of -ngali
Singular Plural
1st person ningali tungali
2nd person ungali mngali
3rd person m-wa(I/II) angali/yungali wangali
m-mi(III/IV) ungali ingali
ji-ma(V/VI) lingali yangali
ki-vi(VII/VIII) kingali vingali
n(IX/X) ingali zingali
u(XI) ungali see n(X) or ma(VI)
ku(XV/XVII) kungali
pa(XVI) pangali
mu(XVIII) mngali
For more information, see Appendix:Swahili verbs.

Derived terms
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