gansa

English

Etymology 1

Noun

gansa (plural gansas)

1. Alternative form of ganza (“kind of wild goose”)

References

• “gansa”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Etymology 2

Noun

gansa (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”)

Anagrams

• Agans, Angas, Nāgas, Sagan, Sanga, nagas, nāgas, sagan, sanga

Asi

Noun

gansa

1. goose

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• gangsa

Etymology

From Spanish gansa, feminine of ganso, from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?) Doublet of hansa. See also Tagalog gansa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: gan‧sa

Noun

gansa

1. a goose

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.sa/

Verb

gansa

1. third-person singular past historic of ganser

Hiligaynon

Noun

gansa

1. gander, goose

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

gansa

1. goose

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
• Hyphenation: gan‧sa

Noun

gansa f (plural gansas)

1. female equivalent of ganso

Spanish

Noun

gansa f (plural gansas)

1. female equivalent of ganso
2. goose (female in contrast with male gander)

Adjective

gansa f

1. feminine singular of ganso

Further reading

• “ganso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Malay gangsa, variant of angsa (“goose”), from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰansás (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Compare Kapampangan galsa, Bikol Central gangsa, Waray-Waray gangsa, Malay angsa, Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa), Burmese ဟင်္သာ (hangsa), and Hindi हंस (hans). Some sources think it is from Spanish gansa (“female goose”), but this is rejected by Potet (2016) and Zorc (1982).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡanˈsaʔ/, [ɡɐnˈsaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: gan‧sa

Noun

gansâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜐ)

1. goose; gander

Alternative forms

• gangsa — obsolete

Derived terms

• gansaan

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Malay gangsa (“bell-metal; bronze”), from Sanskrit कंस (kaṃsa). Compare Indonesian kangsa, Javanese ꦒꦁꦱ (gangsa) and Balinese ᬕᬗ᭄ᬲ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡansa/, [ˈɡan.sɐ]
• Hyphenation: gan‧sa

Noun

gansa (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜈ᜔ᜐ) (music)

1. Ifugao brass gong with convex side and forked stick as a handle

Further reading

• “gansa” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “gansa”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎^[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 120: “GANGSA. pc. ganso.”
• San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎^[3], La Noble Villa de Pila, page 328: “Ganſo) Gangſa [(pc)] C. grande [que los] traen [de china]”
• Zorc, David Paul (1982) Core Etymological Dictionary of Filipino: Part 3, page 133
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2016) Tagalog Borrowings and Cognates, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 282