-nga

Kongo

Suffix

-nga

1. habitual tense marker

Maori

Suffix

-nga

1. Nominalizing suffix used to form derivate nouns.
2. a passive ending (used with only a few verbs ending in 'ai')

Usage notes

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

Maori terms suffixed with -nga

ahunga

ākonga

aranga

atanga

awhenga

huringa

kainga

keringa

kitenga

moenga

mutunga

otinga

pakanga

pikinga

piringa

putanga

rapunga

ratonga

reanga

rongonga

runanga

tikanga

tuhinga

tūnga

uranga

urunga

whanaunga

wharaunga

whakawhitinga

whananga

whiunga

Tumbuka

Suffix

-nga

1. Forms the past continuous tense. Formed by adding the suffix to verbs in the past tense.