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donga
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /d?????/, /d????/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?d????/
Etymology 1
From Afrikaans donga, from Zulu udonga.
Noun
donga (plural dongas)
- (South Africa) A usually dry, eroded watercourse running only in times of heavy rain.
- Synonyms: arroyo, wadi, wash
- 1900, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War, Volume 2, 2008 Easyread Large Bold Edition, page 14:
- Major Pack-Beresford and other officers were shot down, and every unhorsed man remained necessarily as a prisoner under the very muzzles of the riflemen in the donga.
- 1901, Ernest William Hornung, “The Knees of the Gods”, in Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman, Charles Scribner’s Sons, page 284:
- There were trenches for us men, but no place of safety for our horses nearer than this long and narrow donga which ran from within our lines towards those of the Boers.
- 1948, Henry Vollam Morton, In Search of South Africa,[1] Methuen, page 168:
- Thousands of miserable cattle and goats roamed everywhere making tracks that would someday form cracks which successive rains would open into gullies and dongas.
- 1999, JM Coetzee, Disgrace, Vintage 2000, p. 98:
- Count yourself lucky not to be a prisoner in the car at this moment, speeding away, or at the bottom of a donga with a bullet in your head.
Translations
References
- Jean Bradford, A Dictionary of South African English, Oxford (1978).
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
donga (plural dongas)
- (Australia) A transportable building with single rooms, often used on remote work sites or as tourist accommodation.
- 2004, Susie Ashworth, Rebecca Turner, Simone Egger, Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 152,
- Menzies Hotel ([Ph] 9024 2043; 22 Shenton St; s/d $48/65, donga $75) has old-style hotel rooms as well as - for that real goldfields experience - dongas (temporary miner?s abode, usually made from corrugated iron), and also serves all meals.
- 2004, James Woodford, The Dog Fence, page 225,
- He not only expects his fence to be perfect, he also expects his dongas to be the best workman?s huts in Australia, and that is what they are.
- 2009, David Marr, The Ibdian Ocean Solution, Robyn Davidson (editor), The Best Australian Essays 2009, page 118,
- Workers building roads in the bush sleep in dongas like these and are well paid for their discomfort.
- 2004, Susie Ashworth, Rebecca Turner, Simone Egger, Western Australia, Lonely Planet, page 152,
Usage notes
- Usually used in outback Australia, especially the northwest.
Anagrams
- Dagon, Dogan, Gonda, dango, dogan, goand, gonad
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Zulu udonga.
Noun
donga (plural dongas)
- donga
Descendants
- ? English: donga
- ? German: Donga
Garo
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
donga (intransitive)
- there is, there are
- to have, belong, be at, reside, dwell
- be married to
Japanese
Romanization
donga
- R?maji transcription of ???
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ponga
English
Alternative forms
- punga
Etymology
Borrowed from Maori ponga.
Noun
ponga (plural pongas)
- Alsophila dealbata (=Cyathea dealbata), a medium-sized tree fern endemic to New Zealand.
- Synonym: silver fern
Anagrams
- go nap
Italian
Verb
ponga
- first-person singular present subjunctive of porre
- second-person singular present subjunctive of porre
- third-person singular present subjunctive of porre
- third-person singular imperative of porre
Maori
Noun
ponga
- silver fern (Alsophila dealbata)
- Synonym: kaponga
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? English: ponga, punga
References
- Biggs, Bruce (1990) English-Maori, Maori-English Dictionary, Auckland University Press, ?ISBN, page 123
- Williams, William (1852) A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language, and a Concise Grammar; to Which is Added a Selection of Colloquial Sentences, second edition, London: Williams and Norgate, page 124: “Pónga, s. A fern tree. (Cyathea dealbata.)”
Spanish
Verb
ponga
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of poner.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of poner.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of poner.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of poner.
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