ngã

See also: nga, NGA, Nga, ngà, and ngả

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋaː˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋaː˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋaː˨˩˦]

Etymology 1

Verb

ngã (我)

to fall; to tumble down

Synonyms

té

Noun

ngã

(linguistics) Short for thanh ngã.

Etymology 2

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *d₁ngah (“crossroads”).

Noun

ngã

(almost always in compounds with an integer greater than 2) an intersection
ngã ba ― a three-way intersection; a fork

ngã tư ― a crossroads

Usage notes

The number attached is the number of exits, not the number of streets crossed. Therefore a crossroads is called ngã tư because it has four exits.
Not to be confused with ngả (“way”).

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