-nga

Kongo

Suffix

-nga

1. habitual tense marker

Maori

Suffix

-nga

1. Nominalizing suffix used to form derivate nouns.
2. a passive ending (used with only a few verbs ending in 'ai')

Usage notes

Commonly used with verbs that do not take a direct object and take the passive ending -a and -na, statives and adjectives. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.

Derived terms

Maori terms suffixed with -nga