ngele nga whoever; anyone who / anyone, whoever

Part of Speech	indefinite pronoun
Phonetic Form	ŋeleŋa
Morphology	ngele + nga

1. • whoever; anyone who

   Literally	who if
   Syntactic Restriction	in protasis

   • • Example 1181:
       

       Ngele nga i-ko i-oburo buro ae pon, kape i-obur’ i-le.

       Whoever wants to sing a song, they can go ahead and sing.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S23

     • Example 1969:
       

       Kape nga ngele nga i-bu, kape le-lengi aña ruene pe li-ko.

       Every time someone dies, we hear the noise of that door.

2. • anyone, whoever

   Syntactic Restriction

   in main clause

   • • Example 856:
       

       Ngele nga i-le i-toe kuo iape ne ngogoro.

       Anyone can go cut his canoe in the bush.

       Example URL

       https://doi.org/10.24397/pangloss-0003350#S5

Related entries

• See also:
  • ngele who / er – / someone; anyone