# ngi
## Japanese
### Romanization

ngi
* Rōmaji transcription of き゚
* Rōmaji transcription of キ゚

## Khasi
### Pronoun

ngi
* first person plural personal pronoun: we, us
    Ngin ïarap ïa phi. ― We will help you.
    Ka Rin ka la ai ka kot ïa ngi. ― Rin gave us a book.

## Kikuyu
### Etymology

Hinde (1904) records ingi and ingishi as equivalents of English fly in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Ulu dialect” (spoken then from Machakos to coastal area) of Kamba ingi, “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba inji, and Swahili inzi (pl. mainzi) as their equivalents.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ᵑɡì(ꜜ)/
    As for Tonal Class, Benson (1964) classifies this term into Class 1 with a monosyllabic stem, together with mũri, ngo, and so on.
* (Kiambu)
** (Limuru) As for Tonal Class, Yukawa (1981) classifies this term into a group including cindano, huko, iburi, igego, igoti, ini (pl. mani), inooro, irigũ, irũa, iturubarĩ (pl. maturubarĩ), kĩbaata, kĩmũrĩ, kũgũrũ, mũciĩ, mũgeni, mũgũrũki, mũmbirarũ, mũndũ, mũri, mũthuuri, mwaki (“fire”), mwario (“way of speaking”), mbogoro, nda, ndaka, ndigiri, ngo, njagathi, njogu, nyondo (“breast(s)”), and so on.

### Noun

ngi class 9/10 (plural ngi)
* fly (insect)

#### Derived terms

(Proverbs)
* ngi ĩrathagwo ũigana mũkiha ũrĩa ĩrĩ naguo
* ngi ndĩhoyagwo thakame

#### See also

* thigai

### References

* ↑ Hinde, Hildegarde (1904). Vocabularies of the Kamba and Kikuyu languages of East Africa, pp. 24–25. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
* ↑ Yukawa, Yasutoshi (1981). "A Tentative Tonal Analysis of Kikuyu Nouns: A Study of Limuru Dialect." In Journal of Asian and African Studies, No. 22, 75–123.
* “ngi” in Benson, T.G. (1964). Kikuyu-English dictionary. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

## Mokilese
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *ŋipon (“tooth”), from Proto-Austronesian *ŋipen (“tooth”). Cognate with Pohnpeian ngih.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈŋi/

### Noun

ngi
* tooth

#### Inflection

| singular possessor | first person | first person | ngihioa |
| singular possessor | second person | second person | ngihmwen |
| singular possessor | third person | third person | ngihn |
| dual possessors | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | ngihsa |
| dual possessors | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | ngihma |
| dual possessors | second person | second person | ngihmwa |
| dual possessors | third person | third person | ngihra |
| plural possessors | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | ngihsai |
| plural possessors | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | ngihmai |
| plural possessors | second person | second person | ngihmwai |
| plural possessors | third person | third person | ngihrai |
| remote plural possessors | first person inclusive | first person inclusive | ngihs |
| remote plural possessors | first person exclusive | first person exclusive | ngihmi |
| remote plural possessors | second person | second person | ngihmwi |
| remote plural possessors | third person | third person | ngihr |
| construct form | | | ngihn |

#### Derived terms

* ngihn jeri (“baby teeth”)

## Woleaian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈŋi/

### Noun

ngi
* tooth