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ngoni

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English

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Noun

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ngoni

  1. A West African stringed instrument, shaped like a guitar.
    • 2007 October 21, Kelefa Sanneh, “Under the Hook, Rap and Rhythm Lie the Beats”, in New York Times[1]:
      Mr. Kouyate’s instrument is the four-stringed West African ngoni, also called a xalam [] .

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Anagrams

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Lindu

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Adverb

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ngoni

  1. later

Manado Malay

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Etymology

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From North Moluccan Malay ngoni, from Ternate ngoni.

Pronoun

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ngoni

  1. you (plural)

Ternate

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Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ngoni (subject clitic ni, possessive prefix na, Jawi ڠوني)

  1. second-person plural pronoun, you all

Pronoun

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ngoni (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni, Jawi ڠوني)

  1. (formal) second-person singular pronoun, you

Alternative forms

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Ternate personal pronouns
independent subject proclitic possessive
informal formal
singular 1st person ngori fangarem, fajaruf to ri
2nd person ngana ngoni, jou ngoni no ni
3rd person unam, minaf om, mof, inh im, mif, manh
plural 1st person inclusive ngone fo na, nga
1st person exclusive ngomi fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif,
fara ngomi1
mi mi, mia
2nd person ngoni ni na, nia
3rd person anah, enanh ih, nh, yoh, †, yanh, † nah, ngah, manh
  • unmarked pronouns are gender non-specific
  • m - masculine, f - feminine, h - human, nh - non-human
  • 1 - for mixed-gender groups
  • † - archaic

References

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  • Frederik Sigismund Alexander de Clercq (1890) Bijdragen tot de kennis der Residentie Ternate, E.J. Brill
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh