# nga
## English
### Noun

nga (plural ngas)
* (African-American Vernacular, Internet slang, text messaging) Abbreviation of nigga.
** 2022 September 4, @jimmyperry0621, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:This is what a RACEWAR looks like, and we still got dumb ngas out here thinking White Supremacy isn't real.
** 2023 April 26, u/Formal_Garage4964, “They are gonna drop in this order: HXG -> Lone -> Carti -> Lone+Ken”, in Reddit‎, r/playboicarti, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:This nga thinks carti gonna drop😭💀💀
** 2023 December 16, @candiemariah1, Twitter‎, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:It's easy to say you a real nga till the feds come n give u a deal nga
** 2023 December 1, u/Upstairs-Act-1930, “Jus need a confirmation it's album month 😪”, in Reddit‎, r/SoFaygo, archived from the original on 17 December 2023:lamar said "album before 2024" but yk those ngas be lying

## Albanian
### Alternative forms

* ka (Gheg)

### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *en-ka and related to the preposition ka (“from, out, out of, to”). Cognate with Old Church Slavonic къ (kŭ, “to”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋ(ɡ)a/

### Preposition

nga (+ nominative)
* at, from, to
    Jo, unë nuk jam nga Shqipëria.No, I am not from Albania.

#### Synonyms

* prej

### Adverb

nga
* whence, where from

### References

* ↑ Fialuur i voghel Sccyp e ltinisct (Small Dictionary of Albanian and Latin), page 51, by P. Jak Junkut, 1895, Sckoder
* ↑ Orel, Vladimir E. (1998) “nga”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Köln: Brill, →ISBN, page 292

## Barngarla
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa/

### Particle

nga
* yes

### References

* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.14. Part 1 Part 2
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161

## Cebuano
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa/
* Rhymes: -ŋa
* Hyphenation: nga

### Preposition

nga
* expressing substance, composition
    Balay nga bato.House of stone.
* expressing possession
    Ako nga balay / Akong balaymy house

## Fula
### Dialectal variants

* mba (Maasina)

### Suffix

nga
* (Adamawa) Noun class indicator for nouns (singular) including large animals

### Article

nga
* (Adamawa, definite) the (when it follows the noun)
    mbeewa nga ― the goat

### Determiner

nga
* (Adamawa) (used in indicating something)
    nga mbeewa ― this/that goat

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa/

### Interjection

nga
* hey

### References

* (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary

## Irish
### Noun

nga m
* Eclipsed form of ga.

## Japanese
### Romanization

nga
* Rōmaji transcription of か゚
* Rōmaji transcription of カ゚

## Jingpho
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”). Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Old Chinese 魚 (OC *ŋa).

### Noun

nga
* fish

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈŋa/ [ˈŋa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: nga

### Noun

nga
* groan, cry

#### Derived terms

* mannga

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “nga”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 316

## Khasi
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *ŋa, from a Sino-Tibetan language. Cognate with Pnar nga.
Unlike other Khasian languages, which maintains the distinction between Proto-Khasian *ŋa (> Pnar nga (“me, I (topic-marked)”)) and *ʔɔ > (Pnar o (“I (unmarked)”)), Khasi generalized nga for first person pronoun.

### Pronoun

nga
* first person singular personal pronoun: I, me
    Nga ieit ïa phi. ― I love you.
    U long u paralok jong nga. ― He is my friend.
    Ïarap ïa nga. ― Help me.

## Kimaragang
### Conjunction

nga
* but (although)

## Musi
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa/

### Pronoun

nga
* Second-person singular pronoun: you, your, yours

## Namuyi
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ŋɑ̃˧]
* Hyphenation: nga

### Pronoun

nga
* I

### References

* Fuminobu Nishida (2013) “Phonetics and phonology of Dzolo dialect of Namuyi”, in Artes Liberales, number 92, pages 21-54
* Štěpán Pavlík (2017) The Description of Namuzi Language‎, Prague: Charles University (PhD Thesis), page 129
* Li Jianfu (2017) A Descriptive Grammar of Namuyi Khatho spoken by Namuyi Tibetans‎, Victoria: La Trobe University (PhD Thesis), page 374

## Nga La
### Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

### Noun

nga
* fish

### References

* Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

## North Moluccan Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa/

### Pronoun

nga
* Short for ngana.

## Pnar
### Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *ŋa, from a Sino-Tibetan language. Cognate with Khasi nga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa/

### Pronoun

nga
* me
* (topic-marking) I

#### Usage notes

* The nominative, unmarked counterpart is o.

## Rawang
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋɑ˧/

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja (“fish”). Cognate with Burmese ငါး (nga:), Old Chinese 魚 (OC *ŋa).

#### Noun

nga
* fish

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

nga
* cattle

##### Usage notes

In compound words of both etymologies, nga may become ngv and may also take tone.

## San Martín Itunyoso Triqui
### Etymology

Cognate with Chicahuaxtla Triqui nga³.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋɡa˧/

### Noun

nga
* cloud

### References

* DiCanio, Christian T. (2010) “Itunyoso Trique”, in Journal of the International Phonetic Association, volume 40, number 2, →DOI, pages 227–238

## Singpho
### Noun

nga
* buffalo

### References

* Stephen Morey, The Singpho Agentive – Functions and Meanings (2012), p. 6

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* ñga, ng̃a, n͠ga — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling

### Etymology 1

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜅ (nga).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈŋa/ [ˈŋa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: nga

#### Noun

nga (Baybayin spelling ᜅ)
* the name of the Latin-script letter Ng/ng, in the Abakada alphabet
    Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) en dyi

##### See also

* nganga

### Etymology 2

Compare ngani.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈŋaʔ/ [ˈŋaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: nga

#### Particle

ngâ (Baybayin spelling ᜅ)
* a particle used to indicate affirmation
    Tama nga 'to.It's indeed correct.

#### See also

* ngay

### Further reading

* “nga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* nag-, Ang, ang, Gan

## Tedim Chin
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja.

#### Noun

nga
* fish

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.

#### Numeral

nga
* five

### References

* Zomi Ordbog based on the work of D.L. Haokip

## Tircul
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l-ŋaʔ (“five”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɡə/

### Numeral

* 5 (five)

#### See also

* (Pyu digits):

## Tiruray
### Noun

nga
* child

## Venda
### Preposition

nga
* by
* at

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [ŋaː˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ŋaː˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ŋaː˧˧]

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 娥 (“beautiful”). Probably related with 嫦娥 (Cháng'é, “the Chinese goddess of the moon”).

#### Noun

nga
* (archaic, literary) Only used in tố nga (“the moon”).
* (archaic, literary) Only used in tiên nga (“angel; fairy”).

### Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from 鵝 (“goose”).

#### Noun

nga
* Only used in thiên nga (“swan”).

### Anagrams

* gan

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

From Mandarin 我 (wǒ).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ŋɑ]

### Pronoun

nga
* me (first-person non-subject pronoun)
    ni nga da-lio.You have beaten me.(Quoted in Sandman, p. 73)

#### See also
### References

* Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

## Zou
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa. Cognates include Burmese ငါး (nga:) and Tibetan ལྔ (lnga).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa˧/

#### Numeral

nga
* five

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋja. Cognates include Burmese ငါး (nga:) and Tibetan ཉ (nya).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa˧˥/

#### Noun

ngá
* fish

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaʔ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *ŋas. Cognates include Mizo ngàh.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa˧˩/

#### Verb

ngà
* (transitive) to receive

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hŋaak, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ŋa-k. Cognates include Jingpho nga.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ŋa˧˩/

#### Verb

ngà
* (intransitive) to wait

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62