angu

Borrowed from Portuguese angu, from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).

angu (plural angus)

1. (cooking) A popular Brazilian mash made with fubá (milled corn or rice), salt, and often garlic fried in olive oil.

From Proto-Cushitic, from Proto-Afroasiatic *nuuk. Cognates include Iraqw isaangw, Sidamo unuuna, Saho angu and Jiiddu eenge (“breast”). Related to Somali nuug / dhuuq (“to suck”), Egyptian snq (“to suck”), Akkadian 𒂊𒉈𒆪 (enēqu, “to suck”), Hebrew ינק (yanaq, “to suck”), Hausa nono (“breast”).

• IPA^(key): /anˈɡu/ [ʔʌŋˈɡʊ]
• Hyphenation: an‧gu

angú f (plural anguugá f)

1. breast

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “angu”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2004), Parlons Afar: Langue et Culture, L'Hammartan, →ISBN, page 29
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[1], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “See STEDT”)

• (Chungli) IPA^(key): /a˥.ŋu˩/, [a˥.ŋu˩]

angu

1. (Chungli) to see
2. (Chungli) to find, get
   • 1967, “Luke 1:30”, in Ao Naga Common Language Bible, Bible Society of India:

     Tetsübuma, Mari, kechiaser Tsüngrem nungi nai taochi nguogo.

     Do not fear, Mary, because you have found mercy with God.

• Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 18
• Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 123

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːŋu]

angu

1. to guard

   Synonym: ĵawa

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019), “angu”, in Lamboya word list‎^[2], Leiden: LexiRumah

-angu (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)

Borrowed from Yoruba à ń gún (“we are pounding”) or Fon agǔ (“pounded yam”).

• Rhymes: -u
• Hyphenation: an‧gu

angu m (plural angus)

1. (Brazil, cooking) angu (Brazilian dish)

• → English: angu

• “angu”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “angu”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Probably from Fon àgun (“gruel”), Yoruba àgún (“gruel”).^[1] Cognate of Portuguese angu.

• IPA^(key): /aŋu/, [a̠ŋu], [ɑ̟ŋu]

angu

1. angu (firm porridge or cake made of maize flour)

Cognate with Yao (Africa) -angu (“my”), Maore Comorian -angu (“my”), Chichewa -anga (“my”) and Tooro -ange (“my”).

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-angu (declinable)

1. my (first-person singular possessive adjective)
   • 18th century, Abdallah bin Ali bin Nasir, Al-Inkishafi‎^[3], translation from R. Allen (1946), “Inkishafi—a translation from the Swahili”, in African Studies, volume 5, number 4, →DOI, pages 243–249, stanza 6:

     نِيَضِهِرِشِ يَغُ مَقَالِ ، اَبَيُ مُيُوْنِ نِقُصُدِيِ

     Niyaḍihirishe yangu maqali, ambayo moyoni niquṣudiye.

     Let me set forth the plan which I have in my heart.

Cognate with Swahili -angu, Maore Comorian -angu and Chichewa -anga.

-angu

1. my, first-person singular possessive determiner.

• jwangu (“Class 1 first-person singular possessive determiner”)
• syangu (“Class 10 first-person singular possessive determiner”)