ngon

See also: ngôn, ngọn, and ngɔ́ŋ

Acehnese

Noun

ngon

1. friend

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈŋon]

Pronoun

ngon (subject clitic ni, possessive prefix na)

1. Alternative form of ngoni (“you all (plural)”)

Pronoun

ngon (subject clitic no, possessive prefix ni)

1. (formal) Alternative form of ngoni (“you (singular)”)

Alternative forms

• ngon

See also

Ternate personal pronouns

	independent			subject proclitic		possessive
	Informal	Formal
1st person singular	ngori	fangarem, fajaruf		to		ri
2nd person singular	ngana	ngoni, jou ngoni		no		ni
3rd person singular	unam, minaf			om, mof, inh		im, mif, manh
1st person plural inclusive	ngone			fo		na, nga
1st person plural exclusive	ngomi	fangare ngomim, fajaru ngomif, fara ngomi1		mi		mi, mia
2nd person plural	ngoni			ni		na, nia
3rd person plural	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

• 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

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *c-ŋɔːn. Compare Khmer ឆ្ងាញ់ (chngañ).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋɔn˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋɔŋ˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ŋɔŋ˧˧]

Adjective

ngon • (唁, 言)

1. delicious; tasty; succulent

   Antonyms: dở, tệ

2. (slang) good, great

See also

Derived terms

• ngon ăn
• ngon bổ rẻ
• ngon lành
• ngon miệng
• ngon nghẻ (từ láy)
• ngon ngọt
• ngon ơ
• thơm ngon

 

Adverb

ngon • (唁, 言)

1. (in certain expressions) well

   ngủ ngon ― to sleep tight