ngun

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Chuukese

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Noun

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ngun

  1. spirit
  2. shadow

Ternate

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Etymology

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From the older ngunu, with word-final vowel deletion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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ngun

  1. Apocopic form of ngunu (nose)

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh