ngagai

Iban

Etymology

From N- +‎ gagai

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ŋaɡai̯]
  • Hyphenation: nga‧gai
  • Rhymes: -aɡai̯

Verb

ngagai

  1. to chase

Preposition

ngagai

  1. to
    Iya nganjung pesan kami ngagai sanu ti bermalam di umai
    He takes our message to those spending the night on the farm
    Minyak nyau ambis lalu kami beratung kili ngagai pasar
    Our fuel ran out so we drifted down (till we came) to the bazaar

References

  • Richards, Anthony. An Iban-English Dictionary, Volume 1 Clarendon Press. 1981.
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