-nga
Kongo
Suffix
-nga
- habitual tense marker
Maori
Suffix
-nga
- Nominalizing suffix used to form derivate nouns.
- 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
Tumbuka
Suffix
-nga
- Forms the past continuous tense. Formed by adding the suffix to verbs in the past tense.