ngana (uncountable
Obsolete spelling ofnagana 1908 March 12,John William Watson Stephens , “Sleeping Sickness ”, inNature , volume77 , pages440–442 :It is perhaps an exaggeration to say that we know now no more about tsetse-flies than we did when Bruce discovered thatGl. morsitans transmitted the trypanosome (T. brucei ) ofngana [ …]
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room grass windbreak grass hut (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement From Proto-Paman*ngana , from Proto-Pama-Maric*ngana , from Proto-Pama-Nyungan*ngana .
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( coastal dialect ) we : first person plural nominative pronounMost modern speakers use the inland formnganhdhaan
Barry AlpherProto-Pama-Nyungan etyma , inAustralian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method , edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004) Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.)Handbook of Australian Languages , Vol I. Clipping ofmenurut ngana? ( “ you think? ” ) , frommenurut ( “ according to ” ) +ngana ( “ you( Manado ) ” ) . Reanalyzed as asecond-person pronoun for specific use insarcastic andrhetorical responses.
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( colloquial , sarcastic ) you ;yourself [mid-2010s?] 2017 Cinder Ana on Duty , Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama,→ISBN 110 :Aku membentuk dua kerucut dengan tanganku dan menggabungkannya untuk menggambarkan yang kumaksud.ngana I made twofinger purses with my palms and combined them to illustrate what I meant.(Duh,)you mean (they were) kissing?" 2021 Gak Capek Dituntut Mulu? [Aren't You Tired of Being Under Pressure? →ISBN 20 :Yangana pikir pemirsa, kalau udah tua hidup bisa ongkang-ongkang kaki aja? Well, think about ityourself , readers, would you spend old age idling around? FromManado Malay ngana ( “ you ” ) .
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( Manado ) you ( singular ) ngana
child FromNorth Moluccan Malay ngana Ternate ngana
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you ( singular ) North Moluccan Malay [ edit ] FromTernate ngana
IPA (key ) : /ˈŋana/ Hyphenation:nga‧na ngana
( casual ) you ,your (singular)Torang tadi pigi dingana pe skola. We went toyour school. Ngana suka biking kita pusing.You like to give me a headache.ngoni ( “ you/y'all, your (plural) ” ) 1 Polite.
The short forms are mostly dependent. The second person pronouns are usually avoided when talking to someone of higher status or older. See each entry for more information.
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ngana (subject clitic no possessive prefix ni Jawi ڠان
second-person singular pronoun ,you Ternate personal pronouns independent subject proclitic possessive informal formal singular 1st person ngori fangare m ,fajaru f to ri 2nd person ngana ngoni jou ngoni no ni 3rd person una m ,mina f o m ,mo f ,i nh i m ,mi f ,ma nh plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na nga 1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomi m ,fajaru ngomi f ,fara ngomi 1 mi mi mia 2nd person ngoni ni na nia 3rd person ana h ,ena nh i h, nh ,yo h, † ,ya nh, † na h ,nga h ,ma nh
unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific m - masculine,f - feminine,h - human,nh - non-human1 - for mixed-gender groups † - archaic Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890 )Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate , E.J. Brill Rika Hayami-Allen (2001 )A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia , University of Pittsburgh 
