-nga

Kongo

Suffix

-nga

  1. habitual tense marker

Lower Tanana

Directional

-nga

  1. alternative form of -nga' (upland)

Māori

Suffix

-nga

  1. Nominalizing suffix used to form derivate nouns.
  2. a passive ending (used with only a few verbs ending in 'ai')

Usage notes

Commonly used with verbs that do not take a direct object and take the passive ending -a and -na, statives and adjectives. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.

Derived terms

Tumbuka

Suffix

-nga

  1. Forms the past continuous tense. Formed by adding the suffix to verbs in the past tense.