-nga
Kongo
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nga
- habitual tense marker
Lower Tanana
[edit]Directional
[edit]-nga
- alternative form of -nga' (“upland”)
Māori
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nga
- Nominalizing suffix used to form derivate nouns.
- a passive ending (used with only a few verbs ending in 'ai')
Usage notes
[edit]Commonly used with verbs that do not take a direct object and take the passive ending -a and -na, statives and adjectives. These nouns usually mean the place or the time of the verb's action.
Derived terms
[edit]Tumbuka
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-nga
- Forms the past continuous tense. Formed by adding the suffix to verbs in the past tense.