unga

unga (plural ungas)

1. Sarotherodon linnellii, a cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon.
   • 1993, Endangered Wildlife of the World, volume 10, page 1317:

     One species in particular, the fissi (Sarotherodon caroli), is close to the unga.

• unga bunga

ungá

1. question

• Rhymes: -uŋka

Related to the noun ungi (“hatchling”).

unga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ungaði, supine ungað)

1. to hatch

   Synonym: klekja

• ungun

unga

1. indefinite accusative singular of ungi
2. indefinite dative singular of ungi
3. indefinite genitive singular of ungi
4. indefinite accusative plural of ungi
5. indefinite genitive plural of ungi

unga

1. inflection of ungere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

• ugna

unga

1. Rōmaji transcription of うんが

• ung'a, (archaic) ung-a, ungha
• 'nga (unstressed aphetic form)

Ultimately from Old Galician-Portuguese ũa, possibly through an intermediate form from Indo-Portuguese. Compare Galician unha, pronounced identically.

• IPA^(key): /ˈuŋa/

unga

1. (indefinite) a, an, one

   abri'nga janela ― opening a window

   Dâ ung'a xicra di chá pa iou

   Bring me a cup of tea

• Macanese does not have a definite article.

Macanese cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : unga     Ordinal : primêro

unga

1. one

• The spelling ung'a is preferred by Maquista Chapado (2004), however unga with no apostrophe seems to be dominant in literature, and is also the spelling preferred by the group Dóci Papiaçám di Macau.
• The apostrophe is used to prevent pronunciation as /ˈuŋɡa/, although some speakers nonetheless pronounce it as such.

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988), “unga”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 553

unga m

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of unge

unga m

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of unge
   • 1879, Hallvard Berg, Segner fraa Bygdom, Christiania: Samlaget, page 93:

     "No, Unga, kunne de slutte mæ Lesnae ei Stund o høyre paa me."

     "Now, kids, you can stop with the reading for a while and listen to me."

unga

1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular of ungr
2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural of ungr
3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular of ungr
4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular of ungr
5. positive degree weak neuter singular of ungr

Compare Chirino yungo.

unga

1. water

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes

• ungra

Compare Italian unghia.

unga

1. fingernail

From Swahili unga (“flour”).

unga class 14

1. gunpowder

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

unga class XI (no plural)

1. flour

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

-unga (infinitive kuunga)

1. to join, accompany
2. (in reflexive forms) to subscribe

   Synonym: -shitariki

3. to season, add seasoning

Conjugation of -unga
Positive present -naunga Subjunctive -unge Negative -ungi Imperative singular unga
Infinitives
Positive kuunga Negative kutounga
Imperatives
Singular unga Plural ungeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huunga Positive past positive subject concord + -liunga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuunga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naunga) Singular Plural 1st person ninaunga/naunga tunaunga 2nd person unaunga mnaunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaunga wanaunga other classes positive subject concord + -naunga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ungi) Singular Plural 1st person siungi hatuungi 2nd person huungi hamuungi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haungi hawaungi other classes negative subject concord + -ungi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taunga Negative future negative subject concord + -taunga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -unge) Singular Plural 1st person niunge tuunge 2nd person uunge muunge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aunge waunge other classes positive subject concord + -unge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siunge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeunga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeunga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliunga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliunga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aunga) Singular Plural 1st person naunga twaunga 2nd person waunga mwaunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aunga waunga m-mi(III/IV) waunga yaunga ji-ma(V/VI) launga yaunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaunga vyaunga n(IX/X) yaunga zaunga u(XI) waunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaunga pa(XVI) paunga mu(XVIII) mwaunga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meunga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaunga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaunga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiunga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipounga Consecutive kaunga / positive subject concord + -kaunga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaunge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niunga -tuunga 2nd person -kuunga -waunga/-kuungeni/-waungeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muunga -waunga m-mi(III/IV) -uunga -iunga ji-ma(V/VI) -liunga -yaunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiunga -viunga n(IX/X) -iunga -ziunga u(XI) -uunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuunga pa(XVI) -paunga mu(XVIII) -muunga Reflexive -jiunga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -unga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ungaye -ungao m-mi(III/IV) -ungao -ungayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ungalo -ungayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ungacho -ungavyo n(IX/X) -ungayo -ungazo u(XI) -ungao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ungako pa(XVI) -ungapo mu(XVIII) -ungamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -unga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeunga -ounga m-mi(III/IV) -ounga -younga ji-ma(V/VI) -lounga -younga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chounga -vyounga n(IX/X) -younga -zounga u(XI) -ounga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kounga pa(XVI) -pounga mu(XVIII) -mounga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -ungia
  • Causative: -ungisha
  • Passive: -ungwa
  • Reciprocal: -ungana
  • Stative: -ungika
  • Other formations: -unga mkono (“to support”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • kiungo (“spice; joint”)
  • muungo
  • uungaji mkono (“support”)
  • uungaji

unga

1. inflection of ung:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Onomatopoeic.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈŋaʔ/ [ʔʊˈŋaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: u‧nga

ungâ (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ)

1. lowing or mooing of cattle

• ungal

• “unga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

• uang

unga

1. question