# -ng
## Cebuano
### Suffix

-ng
* Contraction of nga
    bag-o + nga tuig = bag-ong tuigNew Year or new year
    patay + nga ilaga = patayng ilagadead rat
* Appended to a name or noun to create a diminutive or affectionate term or name
    burikat + ng = buringprostitute
    Juana (feminine form of Juan) + ng = Juaninglittle Juana / dear Juanalittle Johanna / dear Johanna (feminine form of Little John)
    Timothy + ng = Timongdear Timothy

## Hungarian
### Etymology

First attested in the after 1416. -n (of debated origin) +‎ -g (frequentative verb-forming suffix)

### Suffix

-ng
* (frequentative suffix) Added to a verb or less frequently to a noun to form a verb denoting a repetitive action. Linking vowels are usually used between the stem and the suffix.

#### Usage notes

* (frequentative suffix) Variants:
    -ong is added to back-vowel words
       ‎hajol (“to bend”) + ‎-ng → ‎hajlong (“to bow repetitively”)
    -eng is added to unrounded front-vowel words
       ‎derül (“to clear up”) + ‎-ng → ‎dereng (“to dawn; to appear vaguely”)
    -öng is added to rounded front-vowel words
       ‎őrül (“to go insane”) + ‎-ng → ‎őrjöng (“to be wild, furious, raging”)
       ‎düh (“fury, rage”) + ‎-ng → ‎dühöng (“to be in a raging temper”)
    -ang is added to back-vowel words (rare)
       lappang (“to lurk”)
    -ing is added to front-vowel words (rare)
       kering (“to circulate, orbit”)

### See also

* Appendix:Hungarian suffixes

### References

* ↑ -ng in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)

## Ojibwe
### Suffix

-ng
* A suffix denoting the locative form of a noun
* A suffix denoting the indefinite actor form of an animate intransitive verb (vai)
* A suffix denoting the third-person singular conjunct form of a Type 4 transitive inanimate verb (vti4)

### See also

* -ang
* -aang
* -d
* -iing
* -ing
* -ong
* -ood

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ŋ/ [ŋ]

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* -g — for roots ending in (n)
* -ng- — for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel.
* -m- — for compounds with initial stem ending in vowels, but the next stem starts with (b) or (p).
* -n- — for compounds with preceding stem ending in a vowel, but next stem starts with the letter (d), (s), or (t).
* -g- — for compounds with preceding stem ending with letter (n).

#### Ligature

-ng (Baybayin spelling ᜅ᜔)
* Enclitic suffix, connecting adjectives to nouns and vice versa, after words ending in vowels, except compound words where the next stem starts with the letter (b) or (p).
    Synonyms: na, -g, -ng-, -m-, -n-, -g-
    Magandang bulaklakPretty flower
* Enclitic suffix, connecting adverbs to verbs and vice versa, after words ending in vowels, except compound words where the next stem starts with the letter (b) or (p).
    Synonyms: na, -g
    Bigla siyang nagsalita.S/he suddenly spoke.

### Etymology 2

Possibly from Spanish -ín. See -ing.

#### Alternative forms

* -ing — for roots ending in consonants

#### Suffix

-ng (proper noun-forming suffix, Baybayin spelling ᜅ᜔)
* Diminutive suffix, used to form diminutives of given names ending in vowels, often one already shortened or with a diminutive suffix.
    Pepeng ― little Joseph
    Isang ― little Isabel

### Derived terms

* Tagalog terms suffixed with -ng

### See also

* -ing
* -ito
* -ita
* -oy
* -ay

## Uzbek
### Suffix

-ng (Cyrillic -нг)
* Form of -ing after a noun ending in a vowel.
** Bu ruchkang.
    "This is your ballpen."

## Yilan Creole
### Etymology

From western dialectal Japanese ん (-n, “negative form of verbs”).

### Suffix

-ng
* Irrealis negation suffix.

#### Usage notes

* Always preceded by a

#### Antonyms

* -nay (“realis negation suffix”)

### References

* Chien Yuehchen, Shinji Sanada (2011) “台湾の宜蘭クレオールにおける否定辞―「ナイ」と「ン」の変容をめぐって― [Negation in Taiwan’s Yilan Creole: Focusing on -nay and -ng]”, in 言語研究 [Gengo Kenkyu]‎, number 140, pages 73-87