ngana

English

Noun

ngana (uncountable)

1. Obsolete spelling of nagana.
   • 1908 March 12, John William Watson Stephens, “Sleeping Sickness”, in Nature, volume 77, pages 440–442:

     It is perhaps an exaggeration to say that we know now no more about tsetse-flies than we did when Bruce discovered that Gl. morsitans transmitted the trypanosome (T. brucei) of ngana […]

Anagrams

• Angan, nanga, Anang, ganna

Gamilaraay

ngana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋana/

Noun

ngana

1. room
2. grass windbreak
3. grass hut

References

• (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *ngana, from Proto-Pama-Maric *ngana, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ngana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋana/

Pronoun

ngana

1. (coastal dialect) we: first person plural nominative pronoun

Usage notes

Most modern speakers use the inland form nganhdhaan, even if they otherwise use coastal words.

Synonyms

• nganhdhaan (inland dialect)

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.

Lindu

Noun

ngana

1. child

Manado Malay

Etymology

From North Moluccan Malay ngana, from Ternate ngana.

Pronoun

ngana

1. you (singular)

North Moluccan Malay

Alternative forms

• nga

Etymology

From Ternate ngana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋana/
• Hyphenation: nga‧na

Pronoun

ngana

1. (casual) Second person singular pronoun: you, your

   Ngana karja di apotik sana?

   You work at the pharmacy there?

   Dong ada cari ngana.

   They are looking for you.

   Ngana pe kaka bae skali.

   Your sister is very kind.

See also

• ngoni (“you/y'all, your (plural)”)

North Moluccan Malay personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person	long	kita, saya	torang
	short	ta	tong
2nd person	long	ngana	ngoni
			ngo
	short	nga
3rd person	long	dia	dorang
	short	de	dong
Reflexive		diri
Emphatic		sandiri
Notes: The short forms are mostly dependant. The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status or older. See each entry for more information.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋa.na]

Pronoun

ngana (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni, Jawi ڠان)

1. second-person singular pronoun, you

Descendants

• Manado Malay: ngana
• North Moluccan Malay: ngana

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	anah, enanh			ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, †		nah, ngah, manh

• unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
• m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
• 1 - for mixed-gender groups
• † - archaic

References

• Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh