nge

See also: Appendix:Variations of "nge"

Albanian

Alternative forms
  • ngae

Etymology

From dialectal ngae, from Proto-Albanian *en-gadā,[1] with the latter from Proto-Indo-European *gʰodʰ-o-s, from *gʰedʰ- (“to unite; join; suit”), cognate with Proto-Slavic *godъ (“time, year”).

Noun

nge f (definite ngeja)

  1. time, leisure, chance, opportunity

References
  1. Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nge”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 294

Annobonese

Noun

nge

  1. person

References
  • Jacques Arends, Pieter Muysken, Norval Smith, editors (1994), Pidgins and Creoles: an introduction (in Annobonese)
  • John H. McWhorter (2005) Defining Creole (in Annobonese)

Fula

Suffix

nge

  1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including bovines and the sun

Usage notes

Article

nge

  1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    nagge nge ― the cow

Usage notes

Determiner

nge

  1. (used in indicating something)
    nge nagge ― this/that cow

Usage notes

Japanese

Romanization

nge

  1. Rōmaji transcription of け゚
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ケ゚

Lashi

Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *m/s-ŋa-j. Cognate to Burmese ငယ် (ngai).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋe/, [ŋɛ]

Adjective

nge

  1. small, little

References
  • Hkaw Luk (2017) A grammatical sketch of Lacid‎, Chiang Mai: Payap University (master thesis)

Mapudungun

Noun

nge (Unified spelling)

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. (anatomy) face

Synonyms

Swahili
nge

Alternative forms
  • ng'ge

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Noun

nge (n class, plural nge)

  1. scorpion
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