ringa

See also: ringá

Garo

Verb

ringa

1. to drink

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *linga (compare Fijian liga).

Noun

ringa (usually reduplicated as ringaringa)

1. hand

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• ringet

Verb

ringa

1. simple past of ringe (Verb 2)
2. past participle of ringe (Verb 2)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Old Norse hringa.

Alternative forms

• ringe

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɪŋːɑ/

Verb

ringa (present tense ringar, past tense ringa, past participle ringa, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ringa/ring)

1. to form a circle, a ring
2. to surround
3. to put a ring on something

Etymology 2

Verb

ringa (present tense ringer, past tense ringde, past participle ringt, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring)

1. Alternative form of ringja

Further reading

• “ringa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old High German

Noun

ringa

1. nominative/accusative plural of ring

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Spanish

Verb

ringa

1. inflection of ringar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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Swedish

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.

Adjective

ringa

1. small, little

   hennes ringa ålder

   her young age

   ringa stöld

   petty theft

   Jag har inte den ringaste aning

   I don't have the faintest idea

2. low, simple, (through self-deprecation) modest, humble

   Han var av ringa börd

   He was of low birth

   min ringa uppfattning

   my humble (lowly) opinion

Declension

Inflection of ringa
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	ringa	ringare	ringast
Neuter singular	ringa	ringare	ringast
Plural	ringa	ringare	ringast
Masculine plural3	ringe	ringare	ringast
Definite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative
Masculine singular1	ringe	ringare	ringaste
All	ringa	ringare	ringaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic

Related terms

• förringa

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ringia, ringa, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną.Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian ringe or ringa, Old English hringan, English ring.

Verb

ringa (present ringer, preterite ringde, supine ringt, imperative ring)

1. to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
2. (telephony) to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
3. to ring; to telephone someone

Conjugation

Conjugation of ringa (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ringa		ringas
Supine	ringt		ringts
Imperative	ring		—
Imper. plural1	ringen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ringer	ringde	rings, ringes	ringdes
Ind. plural1	ringa	ringde	ringas	ringdes
Subjunctive2	ringe	ringde	ringes	ringdes
	Participles
Present participle	ringande
Past participle	ringd
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Conjugation of ringa (class 3 strong, archaic or poetic)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	ringa		ringas
Supine	rungit		rungits
Imperative	ring		—
Imper. plural1	ringen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	ringer	rang	rings, ringes	rangs
Ind. plural1	ringa	rungo	ringas	rungos
Subjunctive2	ringe	runge	ringes	runges
	Participles
Present participle	ringande
Past participle	rungen
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

• inringa
• ringa in
• ringa upp
• ringa ut
• ringmärka

References

• ringa in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• grina

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رینغه‎, from Italian aringa, from Medieval Latin harengus, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

Noun

ringa

1. herring

References

• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “رینغه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 636
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ringa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük