ngon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ngon"

Acehnese

Pronunciation

Noun

ngon

  1. friend

References

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈŋon]

Pronoun

ngon (subject clitic ni, possessive prefix na)

  1. alternative form of ngoni (“you all (plural)”)

Pronoun

ngon (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni)

  1. (formal) alternative form of ngoni (“you (singular)”)

Alternative forms

  • ngon

See also

Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
informal formal
singular 1st person ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif,
fara ngomi1 		mi mi, mia
2nd person ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person 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

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *c-ŋɔːn (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?). Compare Khmer ឆ្ងាញ់ (chngañ).

Pronunciation

Adjective

ngon • (唁, 言)

  1. delicious; tasty; succulent
    Antonyms: dở, tệ
  2. (slang) good, great

See also

Adverb

ngon • (唁, 言)

  1. (in certain expressions) well
    ngủ ngon ― to sleep tight
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.