ngayu
Bandjalang
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋaju/
Pronoun
ngayu
- I (first person singular nominative pronoun)
References
Guugu Yimidhirr
Etymology
From Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋayV.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋaju/
Pronoun
ngayu
- I (first person singular nominative pronoun)
References
- Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 496–8
- 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
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: nga‧yu
Particle
ngayu
- (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
- I (first person singular nominative pronoun)
References
- Barry Alpher (2004), “Pama-Nyungan: Phonological Reconstruction and Status as a Phylo-Genetic Group”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5
- 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
- I (first person singular nominative pronoun)