ngano
Kiswahili
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ngano¹
Where it comes from
Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *ngano. Cognate with Giryama ngano and Kipfokomo ngano.
noun ngano
- fable, tale, story
ngano²
Where it comes from
Borrowed from an Indian language, maybe Hindi गंदुम (gandum).
Nurse & Hinnebusch tentatively reconstruct Proto-Sabaki *ngano, but they also note that they are not able to distinguish ancient from modern borrowing. The word remains unchanged under all Sabaki sound changes except in Ilwana (where Proto-Sabaki *ngano would give *gano). An Ilwana attestation is necessary to date the diffusion, but they lacked this. It turns out, though, that the Ilwana etymon is ngano, pointing to recent diffusion of the word, and thus suggesting modern borrowing.
noun ngano
- wheat
In English
Talk about this word "ngano." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/sw/ngano. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. ngano. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ngano "ngano." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ngano.Cite this
@misc{ngano_2026,
title = {ngano},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sw/ngano},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
