ngau
- Alternative spelling ofngaw(“bad”)
ngau
- hook
From Pre-Palauan*ŋ awi, fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*hapuy, fromProto-Austronesian*Sapuy.
ngau
- fire (for cooking)
Possessive forms ofngau | | singular | plural |
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first | inclusive | — | nguid |
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exclusive | nguik | ngumam |
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second | nguim | ngumiu |
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third | nguil | ngurir |
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- seseb(“fire (not for cooking)”)
- Kaufman, Daniel (2012) “Origins of Palauan Intrusive Velar Nasals”, inOceanic Linguistics, volume51, number 1, pages18-32
- ngau inPalauan Language Online: Palauan-English Dictionary, attekinged.com.
- ngau inPalauan-English Dictionary, attrussel2.com.
- ngau inLewis S. Josephs, Edwin G. McManus, Masa-aki Emesiochel (1977)Palauan-English Dictionary, University Press of Hawaii,→ISBN, page210.
FromProto-Polynesian[Term?].
ngau
- (transitive) tobite
- Paulus Kieviet (2017)A grammar of Rapa Nui[1], Berlin: Language Science Press,→ISBN, page29