yinga

Lotha Naga

Verb

yinga

1. to sow

Inflection

Inflection of yinga

Formation	Tense			Imperative
	Present	Past	Future
Simple	yingala	yingcho	yingü	yinga
Causative	yingtokala	yingtokcho	yingtokvü	yingtoka
Perfect	yingthaka	yingthakcho	yingthakvü	—
Abilitative	yingkhoka	yingkhokcho	yingkhokvü	—

Further reading

• Murry, K. R.; Yanthan, J. T.; Patton, Alumo (1978), Anglo-Lotha Vocabulary, Wokha, Nagaland: Kyong Academy, page 135
• Department of Art & Culture, Government of Nagaland (2020), Lotha Bilingual Dictionary‎^[1], archived from the original on 15 August 2022, page 248
• Acharya, K. P. (1983), Lotha Grammar (CIIL Grammar Series), volume 10, Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 9

Woiwurrung

Verb

yinga

1. sing
   • Wiñdha wuleli
     Badjurr murnmurndik pundarroneit-ngañinu wuleli
     Bilang-bilang-dui wilam-dui
     Wunga booboop narrkwarren-ngañinu
     Pundarroneit-njan pundarroneit-ngañinu
     Nyirrebruin dagung
     Yinga-ngañinu, twaga-ngañinu wuleli-bulok
     
     Where are the yam tubers
     The women and daughters all dig yam tuber
     They put them in their dilly bag and take them back to camp
     They give them to their family
     I dig, we all dig
     Not hungry
     We all sing, come back all of our many yam tubers
     
2. song
3. singing

Conjugation

Conjugation of dhumba

infinitive

yinga

	present tense	past tense	future tense
1st-person singular	yinga-njan
2nd-person singular
plural	yinga-ngañinu
subjunctive
2nd-person singular imperative
2nd-person plural imperative
participles

Derived terms

• Yingabeal

See also

• engeng (“sing, chant”)
• we-eng-â-din (“sung”)
• gūnyūrū (“song”)
• engak-eng-eng (“song”)