oga
English
editEtymology
editFrom Yoruba ọ̀gá (“chief, master”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.ɡə/
- (General American) enPR: ōʹgə, IPA(key): /ˈoʊ.ɡə/
- Rhymes: -əʊɡə
- Homophone: ogre (non-rhotic)
Noun
editoga (plural ogas)
- (West Africa) A chief, employer, or superior.
- 2013, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, chapter 50, in Americanah:
- Nigeria is not a nation of sandwich-eating people and his last oga did not eat bread in the afternoon.
Anagrams
editElfdalian
editEtymology
editNoun
editoga n
- eye
Estonian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Finnic *oka, possibly borrowed from Proto-Baltic. Cognates include Finnish oas, oka (dialectal), Votic õgaz, Ingrian oas, Livvi ovas, Ludian ogas and Veps ogah.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoga (genitive oga, partitive oga)
- (botany) thorn, prickle
- Synonym: okas
- (zootomy) spine (a strong and sharp thorn-like covering, bone or similar formation)
- spike, barb
- Riided jäid okastraadi ogadesse kinni. ― Clothes got caught in the spikes of the barbed wire.
Declension
editDeclension of oga (ÕS type 17/elu, no gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | oga | ogad | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | oga | ||
genitive | ogade | ||
partitive | oga | ogasid | |
illative | okka ogasse |
ogadesse | |
inessive | ogas | ogades | |
elative | ogast | ogadest | |
allative | ogale | ogadele | |
adessive | ogal | ogadel | |
ablative | ogalt | ogadelt | |
translative | ogaks | ogadeks | |
terminative | ogani | ogadeni | |
essive | ogana | ogadena | |
abessive | ogata | ogadeta | |
comitative | ogaga | ogadega |
Synonyms
edit- (thorn, prickle): okas
Derived terms
editCompounds
editRelated terms
editReferences
editGun
editPronunciation
editNoun
edit- bow (weapon)
Related terms
editHausa
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editògā m (possessed form ògan)
Latvian
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Baltic *wog-, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *ṓˀgāˀ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ógeh₂. Cognates include Lithuanian úoga, Old Church Slavonic агода (agoda), and possibly Tocharian B oko.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoga f (4th declension)
- berry (small fruits of various species)
- ogu sula ― berry juice
- ogu krūms ― berry bush
- ogu ķekars ― berry bunch
- iet ogās, iet lasīt ogas ― to go pick berries
- ogu laiks ― berry time (season)
Declension
editDerived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992) “oga”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca[1] (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, →ISBN
Nigerian Pidgin
editEtymology
editNoun
editoga
- boss, master, senior
- 2020, Holy Bible Nigerian Pidgin English[2], Nigeria: Wycliffe Bible Translators, Inc., Rut [Ruth] 2:13:
- Rut kon sey, “My oga, yu really dey good to mi, bikos yu don trit mi like yor savant, even doh I nor bi yor savant!”
- Ruth then said, "My boss, you are really good to me because you treat me like your servant, even though I am not your servant!"
Old Dutch
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *augā.
Noun
editōga n
Alternative forms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “ōga”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *ōgan, from Proto-Germanic *ōganą (“to be afraid”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editōga m
Declension
editOld Saxon
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *augā.
Compare Old English ēage, Old Frisian āge, Old Dutch ōga, Old High German ouga, Old Norse auga, Gothic 𐌰𐌿𐌲𐍉 (augō).
Noun
editōga n
Descendants
edit- Middle Low German: ôge
- Low German:
- German Low German:
- Hamburgisch: Oog
- Westphalian:
- The template Template:rfc-sense does not use the parameter(s):
2=is this Ravensbergisch or another Lippisch term? what's the source? Lippisch (Korl Biegemann, Wilhelm Oesterhaus, [https://www.kinder-lippe.de/lippisch-platt/plattdeutsches-lexikon.html kinder-lippe.de]) has "Auge", also "Äoge", see below. This was added in <span class="plainlinks">[//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/?diff=47955018&oldid=47942999 diff]</span> & <span class="plainlinks">[//en.wiktionary.org/wiki/?diff=47978116&oldid=47978008 diff]</span>.
Please see Module:checkparams for help with this warning.(Can we clean up(+) this sense?) Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: Äuge - Lippisch: Auge, Äoge
- Ravensbergisch: äuge (scientific), Auge
- Sauerländisch: Äoge, Auge, Eyege, Ouge, Oue
- Westmünsterländisch: Ooge, Oog
- The template Template:rfc-sense does not use the parameter(s):
- German Low German:
- Plautdietsch: Uag
- Low German:
Rwanda-Rundi
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jóga.
Verb
edit-óga (infinitive (Rwanda) kôga or (Rundi) kwôga, perfective -óze)
Derived terms
edit- -oza (“wash, clean”)
Swahili
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-Bantu *-jóga.
Pronunciation
editVerb
edit-oga (infinitive kuoga)
Usage notes
editIn some dialects, this verb may conjugate like a monosyllabic verb; see Appendix:Swahili verbs for those conjugated forms.
Conjugation
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Derived terms
edit- Latvian etymologies from LEV
- English terms borrowed from Yoruba
- English terms derived from Yoruba
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/əʊɡə
- Rhymes:English/əʊɡə/2 syllables
- English terms with homophones
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- West African English
- English terms with quotations
- Elfdalian terms derived from Old Norse
- Elfdalian lemmas
- Elfdalian nouns
- Elfdalian neuter nouns
- ovd:Body parts
- Estonian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Finnic
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Baltic
- Estonian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Estonian/oɡɑ
- Rhymes:Estonian/oɡɑ/2 syllables
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian nouns
- et:Botany
- et:Animal body parts
- Estonian terms with usage examples
- Estonian elu-type nominals
- Gun terms with audio links
- Gun lemmas
- Gun nouns
- Nigerian Gun
- Hausa terms borrowed from Yoruba
- Hausa terms derived from Yoruba
- Hausa terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hausa lemmas
- Hausa nouns
- Hausa masculine nouns
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Baltic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Baltic
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Balto-Slavic
- Latvian terms inherited from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian words with broken intonation
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian fourth declension nouns
- lv:Berries
- lv:Fruits
- Nigerian Pidgin terms borrowed from Yoruba
- Nigerian Pidgin terms derived from Yoruba
- Nigerian Pidgin lemmas
- Nigerian Pidgin nouns
- Nigerian Pidgin terms with quotations
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Dutch terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Dutch terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Dutch lemmas
- Old Dutch nouns
- Old Dutch neuter nouns
- odt:Body parts
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English nouns
- Old English masculine nouns
- Old English masculine n-stem nouns
- ang:Emotions
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Old Saxon terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old Saxon lemmas
- Old Saxon nouns
- Old Saxon neuter nouns
- Rwanda-Rundi terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Rwanda-Rundi terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Rwanda-Rundi lemmas
- Rwanda-Rundi verbs
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili verbs