ringa
GaroEdit
VerbEdit
ringa
- to drink
MaoriEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Oceanic *linga (compare Fijian liga).
NounEdit
ringa (usually reduplicated as ringaringa)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Alternative formsEdit
VerbEdit
ringa
- simple past of ringe (Verb 2)
- past participle of ringe (Verb 2)
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
ringa (present tense ringar, past tense ringa, past participle ringa, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ringa/ring)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
ringa (present tense ringer, past tense ringde, past participle ringt, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring)
- Alternative form of ringja
Further readingEdit
- “ringa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old High GermanEdit
NounEdit
ringa
SpanishEdit
VerbEdit
ringa
- inflection of ringar:
SwedishEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Etymology 1Edit
From Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.
AdjectiveEdit
ringa
- 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
- low, simple, (through self-deprecation) modest, humble
- Han var av ringa börd
- He was of low birth
- min ringa uppfattning
- my humble (lowly) opinion
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of ringa | |||
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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 termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
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.
VerbEdit
ringa (present ringer, preterite ringde, supine ringt, imperative ring)
- to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
- (telephony) to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
- to ring; to telephone someone
ConjugationEdit
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. |
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 alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ringa in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
- ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
AnagramsEdit
TurkishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Ottoman Turkish رینغه, from Italian aringa, from Medieval Latin harengus, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.
NounEdit
ringa
ReferencesEdit
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “رینغه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 636
- Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “ringa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük