nyanga
Chichewa
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *nnyàngá. Cognate with Malawi Lomwe enyanga.
Noun
nyanga class 9 (plural nyanga class 10)
Jamaican Creole
Etymology
Borrowed from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɲaŋɡa/
Noun
nyanga (plural nyanga dem, quantified nyanga)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → English: nang
Verb
nyanga
- To walk proudly and provocatively.
References
- Richard Allsopp, editor (1996), Dictionary of Caribbean English Usage, Kingston, Jamaica: University of the West Indies Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 411
- Cassidy, Frederic Gomes, Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002), Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 326
Lala (South Africa)
Noun
nyangá
Pitjantjatjara
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɲɐŋɐ]
Adjective
nyanga
- (demonstrative) this; this one
Derived terms
- nyangakutu (“over here, around here”)
- nyanganpa (“these, these ones”)
- nyangangka (“here”)
- nyangatja (“here, right here”)
See also
Xhosa
Verb
-nyanga?
- (transitive) to cure
Inflection
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