ngayu

Bandjalang

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋaju/

Pronoun

ngayu

  1. I (first person singular nominative pronoun)

References

Guugu Yimidhirr

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋaju/

Pronoun

ngayu

  1. I (first person singular nominative 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)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Kapampangan

Alternative forms

Etymology

From nga +‎ yu.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: nga‧yu

Particle

ngayu

  1. (informal) said (by all of you) sentence-final particle used to emphasize a point.
    Munta kayu ngayu.
    You all said, you guys are coming.
    Mapilang ngayo.
    Y'all asked, "How many?"

Derived terms

Martuthunira

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋaju/

Pronoun

ngayu

  1. I (first person singular nominative 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.

Pintiini

Etymology

From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.

Pronoun

ngayu

  1. I (first person singular nominative pronoun)