ngalu
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Fula
[edit]Etymology
[edit](This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.).
Noun
[edit]ngalu ngu (plural ngaluuji ɗi) (Pular, Maasina)
- wealth, possessions
- Synonym: jawdi
- economy
References
[edit]- Oumar Bah, Dictionnaire Pular-Français, Avec un index français-pular, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2014.
- Richard Smith, Urs Niggli, Dictionnaire fulfulde - anglais - français, Webonary.org, SIL International, 2016.
Tongan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *ŋalu (“mounting wave, ocean wave”) (compare with Hawaiian nalu, Maori ngaru, Tahitian ʻaru, Samoan galu), from Proto-Oceanic *ŋalun (“mountain wave”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qalun (“long rolling wave; swell”) (compare with Malay alun, Tagalog álon).[1][2][3]
Noun
[edit]ngalu
References
[edit]- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “galu.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 99
Wolio
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ngalu
References
[edit]- Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris
Categories:
- Fula lemmas
- Fula nouns
- Pular
- Maasina Fulfulde
- Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tongan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Oceanic
- Tongan terms derived from Proto-Oceanic
- Tongan terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tongan terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian
- Tongan lemmas
- Tongan nouns
- Wolio terms with IPA pronunciation
- Wolio lemmas
- Wolio nouns
- wlo:Nature