ngu

ngu

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Guerrero Nahuatl.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Guerrero Nahuatl terms

ngu

1. Noun class indicator for nouns (singular)

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ngu

1. (definite) the (when it follows the noun)

   Koltu ngu ― the attire

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ngu

1. (used in indicating something)

   Ngu koltu ― this/that attire

• Common to all varieties of Fula (Fulfulde / Pulaar / Pular).

ngu

1. water

• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75

ngu

1. Rōmaji transcription of く゚
2. Rōmaji transcription of ク゚

ngu

1. goose

ngu

1. alternative form of ngú

• Herrmann Jungraithmayr, Daniel Barreteau, Uwe Seibert, L'homme et l'eau dans le bassin du lac Tchad (1997), page 75

• IPA^(key): /ŋu/

ngu

1. to be

ngû

1. water

• William Samarin, A Grammar of Sango (1963)

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

-ngu

1. 1st person singular possessive pronoun, my

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[1], Central Africana Limited, pages 84, 231

Sino-Vietnamese word from 愚.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋu˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋʊw˧˧]

ngu • (俁, 俣, 愚)

1. stupid; idiotic; moronic
   • 2006, Nguyễn Nhật Ánh, Chuyện xứ Lang Biang part 2: Biến cố ở trường Đămri, Kim Đồng, chapter 13

     Tụi Kăply rúm người lại, lấm lét nhìn nhau, cố đoán xem cái "lũ ngu" mà ông K'Tul đang chửi te tua kia có phải là tụi nó hay không.

     Kăply and his friends cringed, furtively looking at each other, trying to guess whether that "idiotic bunch" Mr K'Tul was verbally abusing would be them.

• This word may sound very rough. For a softer one, use ngốc which can be even used endearingly.

• ung

From Mandarin 我 (wǒ).

• IPA^(key): [ŋu]

ngu

1. I (first-person subject pronoun)

   ngu rongbo-li qhi-zhe.

   I am going to Longwu.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 52)

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[2], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN