gagana

Javanese

Romanization

gagana

1. romanization of ꦒꦒꦤ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गगन (gagana, “atmosphere, sky, firmament, air”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɡa.na/
• Rhymes: -na
• Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧na

Noun

gagana

1. atmosphere, sky
2. firmament
3. air

Derived terms

• gaganacara
• gaganakara
• gaganamārga
• gaganatala
• gaganāntara
• gaganāntarāla

Descendants

• > Javanese: ꦒꦒꦤ (gagana) (inherited)
• > Javanese: ꦒꦼꦒꦤ (gegana) (inherited)
  • → Indonesian: gegana

Further reading

• "gagana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Compare Tuvaluan ngangana.

Noun

gagana

1. language

Derived terms

• gagana fa'aaloalo

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Cognates include Tuvaluan ngangana and Samoan gagana.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ŋa.ˈŋa.na]
• Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧na

Noun

gagana

1. language

Verb

gagana

1. (intransitive) to talk, speak

Derived terms

• gagana Peletānia
• gagana Tokelau

References

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 135