inga

See also Inga, and ingå

English

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

inga (plural ingas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
   • 1838, The British cyclopaedia (page 605)

     Here are the mimosas, the ingas, the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.

   • 1989, National Research Council (U.S.), Lost crops of the Incas (page 279)

     Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.

See also

• Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Inga (Fabaceae)

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Dutch

Verb

inga

1. first-person singular present indicative of ingaan (when using a subclause)
2. singular present subjunctive of ingaan (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• ga in

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈiŋɡɒ/
• Hyphenation: in‧ga

Noun

inga (plural ingák)

1. pendulum

Declension

declension of inga singular plural nominative inga ingák accusative ingát ingákat dative ingának ingáknak instrumental ingával ingákkal causal-final ingáért ingákért translative ingává ingákká terminative ingáig ingákig essive-formal ingaként ingákként essive-modal - - inessive ingában ingákban superessive ingán ingákon adessive ingánál ingáknál illative ingába ingákba sublative ingára ingákra allative ingához ingákhoz elative ingából ingákból delative ingáról ingákról ablative ingától ingáktól

possessives of inga possessor singular possession plural possession 1st person sing. ingám ingáim 2nd person sing. ingád ingáid 3rd person sing. ingája ingái 1st person plural ingánk ingáink 2nd person plural ingátok ingáitok 3rd person plural ingájuk ingáik

Derived terms

• ingázik

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Malay

Verb

inga

1. to be agape

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Norwegian

Pronoun

inga

1. feminine form of ingen

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Old Irish

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *angʷīnā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃nogʰ- (“nail”). Cognate with Welsh ewin, Breton ivin; and with English nail, Ancient Greek ὄνυξ (onyx), Latin unguis, Russian ноготь (nógot’).

Noun

inga f (genitive singular ingen)

1. fingernail
2. toenail

Descendants

• Irish: ionga
• Manx: ingin
• Scottish Gaelic: ionga

References

• Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Alexander MacBain, Eneas Mackay, 1911

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

inga pl (common singular ingen, neuter singular inget)

1. plural of ingen; no, nobody, nothing

   Det fanns inga ledtrådar som kunde lösa mysteriet

   There were no clues which could solve the mystery

   När jag kom hade inga andra kommit ännu

   As I came, no one else (literally: no others) had arrived yet