panga
English edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Swahili panga (“machete”).
Noun edit
panga (plural pangas)
- (East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.
- 1967, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP, published 2008, page 77:
- She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.
- 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 73:
- Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.
- 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 690:
- I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’
Translations edit
Etymology 2 edit
Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).
Noun edit
panga (plural pangas)
- Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
- A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
Translations edit
Etymology 3 edit
From Spanish panga (“motorboat”).
Noun edit
panga (plural pangas)
- A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Bikol Central edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pangá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)
Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pangá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)
- a framework built on a boat over which the large, thick mat is placed so that it may serve as an awning
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pánga (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: pa‧nga
Noun edit
panga
Cuyunon edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.
Noun edit
panga
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Probably borrowed from English panga, from New Latin Pangasius, ultimately from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panga m (plural panga's)
- panga, pangasius, swai; fish of the genus Pangasius, especially when used as food
- Synonym: pangasius
Derived terms edit
Eastern Bontoc edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
panga
- branch (of a tree)
Estonian edit
Noun edit
panga
Ibaloi edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
panga
- branch (of a tree)
Iraqw edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
panga f (plural pangadu n)
References edit
- Mous, Maarten; Qorro, Martha; Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 69
Kankanaey edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
panga
- branch (of a tree)
Kapampangan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panga
Karao edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
panga
- branch (of a tree)
Kayapa Kallahan edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
panga
- branch (of a tree)
Lubuagan Kalinga edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
panga
- branch (of a tree)
Nga La edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.
Numeral edit
panga
References edit
- Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
panga f (plural pangas)
- (Latin America) panga (small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America)
- (Spain) swai, iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
- (zoology) torpedo scad (Pterogymnus laniarius)
Further reading edit
- “panga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
panga (n class, plural panga)
- machete, panga (broad knife)
- 2019 June 10, “Wanawake wa Kigoma watoroka wakihofia wabakaji Tanzania maarufu 'Teleza' [Kigoma women flee in fear of Tanzanian rapists 'Teleza']”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
- 'Silaha yao (teleza) kubwa ni kisu na panga.'
- 'Their (Teleza's) chief weapons are the knife and the machete.'
Related terms edit
- upanga (“sword”)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
-panga (infinitive kupanga)
- to arrange, classify, plan, organize, set up
- 2018 December 13, “'John Bolton amepewa jukumu la kupanga jinsi ya kuniangamiza' ['John Bolton has been given the job of planning how to destroy me']”, in BBC News Swahili[2]:
- Bwana Maduro aliwahi kuituhumu Marekani, Colombia na upinzani kwa kupanga njama ya kumuua.
- Mr. Maduro has accused the United States, Colombia, and the opposition of plotting to kill him.
- to rent
- to live together, cohabit
- (with mtoto) to adopt
- Synonym: -asilisha
- 2017 February 7, “Madona aruhusiwa kupanga watoto 2 kutoka Malawi”, in BBC News Swahili[3]:
- Madona aruhusiwa kupanga watoto 2 kutoka Malawi
- Madonna is allowed to adopt 2 children from Malawi
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
Derived terms edit
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
panga (present pangar, preterite pangade, supine pangat, imperative panga)
- (colloquial) to bang (emit bangs, for example by shooting)
- att panga på
- to keep shooting
- (colloquial) to break (usually a window)
- Han pangade en ruta med en felriktad spark på bollen
- He broke a window with a misaligned kick on the ball
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | panga | pangas | ||
Supine | pangat | pangats | ||
Imperative | panga | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | pangen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | pangar | pangade | pangas | pangades |
Ind. plural1 | panga | pangade | pangas | pangades |
Subjunctive2 | pange | pangade | panges | pangades |
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Present participle | pangande | |||
Past participle | pangad | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
References edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
pangá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ)
West Albay Bikol edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.
Noun edit
panga
Yogad edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.
Noun edit
pangá
- branch (of a tree)
Etymology 2 edit
Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.
Noun edit
pangá