ngata

• IPA^(key): /ˈŋataʔ/ [ˈŋa.taʔ]
• Hyphenation: nga‧ta

ngatà (Basahan spelling ᜅᜆ)

1. Alternative form of nata

ngatà

1. (interrogative) why

   Synonym: taono

ngata

1. village; town; city

ngata

1. many

ngatà

1. (interrogative) why

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ŋaˈtaʔ/ [ŋɐˈt̪aʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: nga‧ta

ngata (Baybayin spelling ᜅᜆ)

1. act of chewing something being eaten

• tagan, ganta, Gatan, angat, atang, tanga, Angat

Cognate with Maori ngata, Samoan gata and Niuean gata, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋata, earlier *ŋʷata, from Proto-Oceanic *mwata (“snake”) (compare Fijian gata, Western Fijian ŋwata).

• IPA^(key): /ŋa.ta/

ngata

1. snake
2. serpent

ngata

1. black