ngulu

See also: ngúlu

English

Noun

ngulu (plural not attested)

  1. A type of sword used for executions by Bantu people.

Fula

Etymology

From the same root as wulgo.

Noun

ngulu ngu

  1. (Adamawa) fire

References

  • Tourneux, Henry; Daïrou, Yaya (1999), Vocabulaire peul du monde rural : Maroua-Garoua (Cameroun)[1] (in French)

Gamilaraay

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ŋulu/

Noun

ngulu

  1. face, forehead

References

  • Barry Alpher (2004), “Proto-Pama-Nyungan Etyma”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5.1, pages 503–5
  • Peter Austin (1993) A Reference Grammar of Gamilaraay, northern New South Wales (Thesis)‎[2], Melbourne, Australia: La Trobe University, Department of Linguistics, →ISBN

Kimbundu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ̀bè.

Noun

ngulu (class 9, plural jingulu)

  1. pig, pork
  2. (figurative) glutton

References

  • Assis Junior, Antonio de (1967), “ngulu”, in Dicionário Kimbundu-Português: Linguístico, Botânico, Histórico e Corográfico [Kimbundu–Portuguese Dictionary: Linguistic, Botanic, Historical and Chorographic] (in Portuguese), Luanda: Argente, Santos & C.a, L.da, page 46
  • Matta, Joaquim (1893), Ensaio de Diccionario Kimbúndu-Portuguez (in Portuguese), Lisbon, Portugal: Editora Antonio Maria Pereira, page 124

Kituba

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ̀bè.

Noun

ngulu

  1. pig

Kongo

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *ngʊ̀dʊ̀bè.

Noun

ngulu class 9

  1. pig

Ngiyambaa

Etymology

From Proto-Central New South Wales *ŋuluŋ, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *ŋu(r)lu.

Noun

ngulu

  1. face, forehead

References

  • Barry Alpher (2004), “Pama-Nyungan: Phonological Reconstruction and Status as a Phylo-Genetic Group”, in Claire Bowern, Harold Koch, editors, Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, →ISBN, section 5

Nyishi

Etymology

From ngo (I) +‎ -lu (plural suffix in pronouns).

Pronoun

ngulu

  1. we

References

  • P. T. Abraham (2005), A Grammar of Nyishi Language[3], Delhi: Farsight Publishers and Distributors