ringa

See also: ringá

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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

Alternative forms

• ringe

Etymology

From Old Norse hringja, hringa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɪŋːɑ/

Verb

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

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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Spanish

Verb

ringa

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of ringar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ringar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present indicative form of ringar.

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Swedish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ringa

1. simple, small, poor

Declension

Inflection of ringa
Indefinite	Positive	Comparative	Superlative2
Common singular	ringa	ringare	ringast
Neuter singular	ringa	ringare	ringast
Plural	ringa	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.

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

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
Present tense	ringer	rings , ringes
Past tense	ringde	ringdes
Supine	ringt	ringts
Imperative	ring	—
Present participle	ringande
Past participle	ringd

Conjugation of ringa (archaic, poetic use)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	ringa	ringas
Present tense	ringer	rings , ringes
Past tense	rang	rangs
Supine	rungit	rungits
Imperative	ring	—
Present participle	ringande
Past participle	rungen

See also

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

References

• ringa in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

• ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

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Turkish

Noun

ringa

1. herring