ngay

See also: ngáy, ngày, ŋay, ngậy, and ngấy

Gamilaraay

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ŋaj/

Pronoun

ngay

  1. my (to me)

References
  • Dhiirrala Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Language Program St Joseph School Po Box 125 Walgett NSW 2368 Australia
  • (2003) Gamilaraay Yuwaalaraay Yuwaalayaay Dictionary
  • (2015). “Ma Gamilaraay”

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *t-ŋar (“straight”). Cognate with Muong Bi ngăl, Chut [Rục] təŋal¹.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ngay • (宜, 𣦍)

  1. (now chiefly in compounds and certain expressions) direct; straight
    cây ngay ― a straight tree
    Ngồi ngay lên nào!
    Come on, sit up straight!
  2. (literary) honest
  3. as soon as, straight away
    ngay khi ― as soon as

Preposition

ngay • (宜, 𣦍)

  1. Short for ngay cạnh (“right by, right beside”).
    Nhà nó ở ngay cầu lớn.
    His house is right beside the big bridge.

See also
Derived terms
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