Inga
Translingual edit
Etymology 1 edit
Of South American origin
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Ingeae - tribe
Hyponyms edit
- (genus in Fabaceae): Inga vera - type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References edit
- Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Inga at USDA Plants database
Etymology 2 edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
Hypernyms edit
- (genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Tineina - section; Tineina - subsection; Gelechioidea - superfamily; Oecophoridae - family; Oecophorinae - subfamily
Hyponyms edit
- (genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References edit
- Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Meitei language
Proper noun edit
Inga
- The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
Etymology 2 edit
From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Inga
- A female given name from Old Norse.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Inga
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
- More common in Denmark in the form Inge.
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Inga
- a female given name
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Faroese edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- a female given name
Usage notes edit
Matronymics [1]
- son of Inga: Inguson
- daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir
Declension edit
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Inga |
Accusative | Ingu |
Dative | Ingu |
Genitive | Ingu |
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- a female given name
German edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Inga
- a female given name, variant of Inge
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- a female given name
Declension edit
Italian edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun edit
Inga m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading edit
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2024
Latvian edit
Etymology edit
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- a female given name
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References edit
Lithuanian edit
Proper noun edit
Inga f
- a female given name
Norwegian edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.
Proper noun edit
Inga
- a female given name
Related terms edit
Old High German edit
Proper noun edit
Inga
- a female given name
References edit
- Forstemann, Ernst Wilhelm. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1, 783.
Old Norse edit
Etymology edit
A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").
Proper noun edit
Inga f (genitive Ingu)
- a female given name
Descendants edit
Slovak edit
Pronunciation edit
Proper noun edit
Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)
- a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Proper noun edit
Inga c (genitive Ingas)
- a female given name
Related terms edit
- female given names: Ing, Ingalill, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Ingegärd, Ingela, Inger, Ingrid, Ingvor
- male given names: Inge and its variants
References edit
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.