waga

See also: Waga, wa-ga, wagą, and -wagą

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Hausa

Noun

wāgā m (plural wāgā̀gē, possessed form wāgan)

1. A pair of (hide) bags for carrying goods (e.g., on a pack animal or a motorcycle)
2. A grass bag for packing kola nuts.

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Japanese

Romanization

waga

1. Rōmaji transcription of わが

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Kilivila

FWOTD – 18 June 2015

Etymology

• Compare Niuean vaka and Samoan va'a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡa/

Noun

waga

1. canoe
2. hollowed out tree used for hull of a canoe
3. vehicle

Hyponyms

• (canoe): masawa

References

• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 417. →ISBN

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Maguindanao

Noun

waga

1. (anatomy) shoulder

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Old High German

Noun

wāga f

1. scales

Descendants

• Middle High German: wāge
  • Cimbrian: baaga
  • German: Waage
  • Yiddish: וואָג‎ (vog)

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Polish

Etymology

Related to Old High German wāga, whence German Waage. Utlimately from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/

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Noun

waga f

1. scales
2. weight

Declension

declension of waga

	singular	plural
nominative	waga	wagi
genitive	wagi	wag
dative	wadze	wagom
accusative	wagę	wagi
instrumental	wagą	wagami
locative	wadze	wagach
vocative	wago	wagi

Related terms

• (verb) ważyć impf
• (nouns) odważnik m, ważność f
• (adjectives) wagowy, ważki, ważny
• (adverb) przeważnie

Derived terms

nouns derived from waga

• (diminutive) ważka f
• nadwaga f
• niedowaga f
• odwaga f
• powaga f
• przeciwwaga f
• przewaga f
• rozwaga f
• równowaga f
• uwaga f
• (proper noun) Waga

Further reading

• waga in Polish dictionaries at PWN