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gaga
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???????/
Etymology 1
From French gaga
Adjective
gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)
- (informal) Mentally senile.
- The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
- (informal) Crazy.
- You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
- Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
- (informal) Infatuated.
- The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Usage notes
- As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
gaga (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)
Balinese
Romanization
gaga
- Romanization of ??
- Romanization of ????
Barngarla
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?a/
Noun
gaga
- head
References
- Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56.
Part 1 Part 2 - Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
- Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
French
Etymology
Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a.?a/
Adjective
gaga (plural gagas)
- (informal) gaga (senile)
- (informal) gaga (crazy)
- (informal) gaga (infatuated)
Synonyms
- senile
- fou
- foufou
- gâteux
- neuneu
- zinzin
- crazy
- fou
- foufou
- neuneu
- zinzin
Further reading
- “gaga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Ga
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??a?a/
Noun
gaga (plural gagai)
- any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant
See also
- tsatsu
- tsatsutsuru
- gbense
Gamilaraay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?a?a/
Noun
gaga
- wine
References
- (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??a?a]
- Hyphenation: ga?ga
Adjective
gaga (not comparable)
- (predicative, colloquial) gaga
Further reading
- “gaga” in Duden online
Japanese
Romanization
gaga
- R?maji transcription of ??
Lindu
Adverb
gaga
- very
Tagalog
Etymology
- From gago
Adjective
gaga
- (vulgar) (feminine) an idiot, asshole
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish ?????.
Noun
gaga (definite accusative gagay?, plural gagalar)
- bill, beak
Declension
Derived terms
- gagalamak
References
- Redhouse, James W. (1890) , “????”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
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guga
English
Etymology
Scottish Gaelic guga
Noun
guga (plural gugas)
- (Scotland) solan goose or northern gannet
- 2010, Bryan Nelson, The Gannet
- It is well known that young gannets or gugas are not only highly edible but their fat has remarkable curative properties.
- 2010, Bryan Nelson, The Gannet
Northern Ndebele
Verb
-gúga
- (intransitive) to be old
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Scottish Gaelic
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kuk?/
Noun
guga m (genitive singular guga, plural gugachan)
- Young of the northern gannet, Morus bassanus.
Hypernyms
- sùlaire
Southern Ndebele
Verb
-guga?
- to pick up, to lift
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Swazi
Verb
-gúga
- to be old
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Verb
-gúga
- (intransitive) to be old
Inflection
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Zulu
Verb
-gúga
- (intransitive) to age, to grow old
- (intransitive) to wear, to wear away, to wear out
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “guga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “guga (6-3.9)”
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