Wiktionary

ga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ga"

Translingual Edit

Etymology Edit

Clipping of Irish Gaeilge

Symbol Edit

ga

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Irish.

Aeka Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. rain

Further reading Edit

  • transnewguinea.org, citing both Wilson (1969) and McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
  • James Farr, Robert Larson, A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binandere Languages
  • Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (1971), issues 8-9, pages 80-81, using a wordlist furnished by Capell

Anguthimri Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. (Mpakwithi) mouth

Verb Edit

ga

  1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to poke
  2. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to peel

References Edit

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185

Bisu Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

ga (Thai spelling กงา)

  1. I.

Djambarrpuyngu Edit

Conjunction Edit

ga

  1. and

References Edit

Drung Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ga.

Noun Edit

ga

  1. saddle

References Edit

  • Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎[1], Santa Barbara: University of California

Dutch Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -aː
  • IPA(key): /ɣaː/

Verb Edit

ga

  1. inflection of gaan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive
    3. imperative
    ga! ― go!

Ewe Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. metal
  2. money

Fijian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

ga

  1. only

Conjunction Edit

ga

  1. but

Synonyms Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. duck

Haitian Creole Edit

Etymology Edit

From French gare.

Noun Edit

ga

  1. station, terminal

Hiw Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣaya, an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, metathesis of *wakaʀ (“root”). Cognate with Mwotlap ga and Lo-Toga gi, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa (whence Tongan kava).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
  2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

References Edit

Indonesian Edit

Adverb Edit

ga

  1. Alternative form of (eng)gak

Irish Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath, goth (“spear”) with the synonymous gae (“spear”), from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)

  1. spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart
  2. dart, sting
    Chuir an cat a gha ann. ― The cat clawed him.
  3. ray (beam of light or radiation)
  4. (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)
  5. (medicine) suppository
  6. (fishing) gaff

Declension Edit

Declension of ga

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative ga gathanna
Vocative a gha a ghathanna
Genitive ga gathanna
Dative ga gathanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an ga na gathanna
Genitive an gha na ngathanna
Dative leis an nga

don gha

leis na gathanna
  • Alternative genitive singular: gaoi
  • Alternative plural forms: gaoi, gaoithe

Derived terms Edit

Mutation Edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
ga gha nga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References Edit

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

Further reading Edit

Japanese Edit

Romanization Edit

ga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of が
  2. Rōmaji transcription of ガ

Kaingang Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. earth; land

Lombard Edit

Adverb Edit

ga

  1. (Eastern Lombard) there (in the expression of "there be")

Synonyms Edit

Pronoun Edit

ga m or f

  1. (Eastern Lombard) him; her/it (dative case)
  2. (Eastern Lombard) them (dative case)

Synonyms Edit

Lower Sorbian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Adverb Edit

ga

  1. when

Synonyms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ga”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
  • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ga”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Mandarin Edit

Romanization Edit

ga (ga5／ga0, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄚ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 價／价

ga

  1. Nonstandard spelling of gā.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of gá.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of gǎ.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of gà.

Usage notes Edit

  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx Edit

Conjunction Edit

ga

  1. though, although
  2. albeit

Middle Dutch Edit

Verb Edit

gâ

  1. inflection of gâen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

Middle English Edit

Verb Edit

ga

  1. (Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of gon (“to go”)

Mwotlap Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣaya, an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, metathesis of *wakaʀ (“root”). Cognate with Hiw ga and Lo-Toga gi, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa (whence Tongan kava).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga (determinate naga)

  1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
  2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

References Edit

Northern Kurdish Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Related to Persian گاو‎ (gâv).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga ?

  1. ox
  2. bull

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Verb Edit

ga

  1. simple past of gi

Phalura Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what? why? (interrogative particle)”).

Pronunciation Edit

Determiner Edit

ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

  1. any
  2. what (kind), which

References Edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
  • Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

Etymology 2 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

Pronoun Edit

ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

  1. what
  2. that

References Edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 3 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

Conjunction Edit

ga (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

  1. Complementizer/relativizer
  2. that
  3. which
  4. who
  5. where

References Edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Etymology 4 Edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation Edit

Particle Edit

ga (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

  1. Marker of inferred, assumed or presumed knowledge

References Edit

  • Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎[5], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Romanian Edit

Etymology Edit

Onomatopoeic.

Interjection Edit

ga

  1. sound made by geese

Scottish Gaelic Edit

Pronoun Edit

ga

  1. him, it (direct object)
    Bha sinn ga thuigsinn. ― We understood it.
  2. her, it (direct object)
    Cha bhi mi ga tachairt. ― I won't be meeting her.

Usage notes Edit

  • As him/it lenites the following word.
  • As her/it adds the prefix h- to the following word if it begins with a vowel.
    An robh thu ga h-ithe? ― Did you eat it?

Related terms Edit

Related terms

Serbo-Croatian Edit

Pronoun Edit

ga (Cyrillic spelling га)

  1. of him (clitic genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
  2. him (clitic accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
  3. of it (clitic genitive singular of òno (“it”))
  4. it (clitic accusative singular of òno (“it”))

Declension Edit

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns
Singular Plural
Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
nominative ȏn òna òno òni òne òna
genitive njȅga, ga njȇ, je njȅga, ga njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
dative njȅmu, mu njȏj, joj njȅmu, mu njȉma, im njȉma, im njȉma, im
accusative njȅga, ga, nj njȗ, ju, je njȅga, ga, nj njȋh, ih njȋh, ih njȋh, ih
vocative — — — — — —
locative njȅm, njȅmu njȏj njȅm, njȅmu njȉma njȉma njȉma
instrumental njȋm, njíme njȏm, njóme njȋm, njíme njȉma njȉma njȉma

Sumerian Edit

Romanization Edit

ga

  1. Romanization of 𒂵 (ga)

Tagalog Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Possibly a shortened form of baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba₅. Cognate with Cebuano ba and Malagasy va.

Particle Edit

ga (Baybayin spelling ᜄ)

  1. (dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) marks a sentence as interrogative
    Synonyms: ba, (dialectal) baga

Etymology 2 Edit

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜄ (ga).

Noun Edit

ga (Baybayin spelling ᜄ)

  1. The name of the Latin-script letter G/g, in the Abakada alphabet.
    Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abecedario) ge

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

Teribe Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. skunk

References Edit

  • Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎[6] (in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9

Venetian Edit

Verb Edit

ga

  1. third-person singular present indicative of gaver

Vietnamese Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

From French gare.

Noun Edit

ga

  1. train station

Etymology 2 Edit

From French gaz (“gas”), from Dutch gas.

Noun Edit

ga

  1. gas, such as propane and/or butane, used for a gas stove; compare khí (“gas as a chemical substance”)
    bình ga ― a gas tank
  2. carbon dioxide used for a carbonated drink
    nước ngọt có ga ― a sweet carbonated drink
  3. lighter fluid
    Bật lửa này hết ga rồi.
    This lighter's run out of fluid.
  4. (automotive) the ignited mixture of fuel and air that powers an engine; not to be confused with xăng (“gasoline”)
    xe bị rồ/oà ga ― a motorcycle with a broken throttle that accelerates while the twistgrip is released
    Nổ nãy giờ mà chẳng có ga gì hết !
    I've been trying to start my bike for hours and it's still not working!
    chạy tẹt ga ― to step on it/on the gas; to floor it; to put your foot down; to run full throttle
Derived terms

Etymology 3 Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. (Southern Vietnam, especially Mekong Delta) Pronunciation spelling of ra (“bed sheet”).

Waigali Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Ashkun gá, Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Tregami gá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊‎ (gao), Persian گاو‎ (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga f

  1. cow

Welsh Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

ga

  1. Soft mutation of ca.

Mutation Edit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
ca ga ngha cha
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Western Apache Edit

Noun Edit

ga

  1. jackrabbit

Wutunhua Edit

Etymology Edit

From Mandarin 尕 (gǎ).

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

ga

  1. small (in size, number, etc.)
    je-ge jjhakai zhungo kan-la xaige ga-li.
    This country is much smaller than China.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 146)
    dangga gejhai-mu ga-de shai-la ha xaitang-li da gu qhi-de yi-zek ra mi-li.
    None of our schoolchildren goes to Chinese school [i.e. schools where the medium of education is Mandarin] at the very young age.
    (Quoted in Sandman, p. 355)

References Edit

  • Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
  • Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎[7], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Yola Edit

Verb Edit

ga

  1. simple past tense of gee
    • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 8:
      An Paudeen hay ga her a mighty smugal.
      And Paddy, he gave her a mighty smack.

References Edit

  • Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

Yoruba Edit

Etymology 1 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

gà

  1. to set up a collapsible device; to open out; to spread out
    Bá mi ga agbòjò yìí ― Help me open this umbrella
  2. to gape open
    Ilẹ̀ á gà jù ọ́ lọ ― The ground shall open and swallow you up
Usage notes Edit
  • ga before a direct object
Derived terms Edit

Etymology 2 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

  1. to set someone up for a joke; (literally) to make someone believe what may not be true of themself in a joking manner
    mo ń gà ẹ́ ni ― I am only setting you up for a joke
  2. (transitive) to tickle
    Synonyms: rìn, rìn ní ìgàkè, gà léèégìnnì, rìn léèégìnnì

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

Usage notes Edit

  • ga before a direct object

Etymology 3 Edit

Alternative forms Edit

  • gọn (Ìjẹ̀bú)
  • go (Ìkálẹ̀, Oǹdó, Ifẹ̀)

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

ga

  1. to be tall
    Antonym: kúrú
  2. (idiomatic) to be beyond that which can be tolerated or described
Derived terms Edit
  • gíga (“tallness; height”)
  • ó ga! (“this is beyond description!”)

Etymology 4 Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Verb Edit

gá

  1. to stand aloof
  2. to become tired or fed up
    Synonym: gọ́
    ọ̀rọ̀ náàá gá mi ― This matter has caused me to be fed up
Derived terms Edit

Zazaki Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Related to Persian گاو‎ (gâv).

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡɑ]
  • Hyphenation: ga

Noun Edit

ga

  1. ox
  2. bull
  3. (astronomy, astrology) Taurus

Zhuang Edit

Etymology Edit

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Bouyei gal.

Pronunciation Edit

Noun Edit

ga (Sawndip forms 𮛑 or 胩 or 跏 or 軻, 1957–1982 spelling ga)

  1. (anatomy) leg
  2. leg (of a chair, table, etc.)

Classifier Edit

ga (1957–1982 spelling ga)

  1. quarter of (a butchered four-legged animal)
  2. one of a pair of long, thin objects (shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.)
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