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English

Etymology 1

From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.

Noun

ganga (plural gangas)

1. (dated) The sandgrouse.

Etymology 2

Noun

ganga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ganja

Anagrams

• A-gang, Gaang

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *gangan?, from Proto-Indo-European *??eng?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??ka/
• Rhymes: -??ka

Verb

ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)

1. to walk

Conjugation

French

Etymology

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.?a/

Noun

ganga m (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

Further reading

• “ganga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• gagna

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *gangan?, from Proto-Indo-European *??eng?-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kau?ka/
• Rhymes: -au?ka

Verb

ganga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk, third-person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)

1. (intransitive) to walk

2. (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run

3. (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go

   Hreinsunin gengur vel.

   The cleaning is going well.

4. (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do

   Heldurðu að þessi kjóll gangi ekki við rauðu kápuna mína?

   Don't you think this dress will go with my red coat?

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)

1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike
2. (in plural only) the annual herding of sheep

Declension

Synonyms

• gönguferð

Derived terms

• fjallganga
• gönguferð
• göngutúr

Noun

ganga

1. indefinite genitive plural of göng

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Gang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??an.?a/
• Rhymes: -an?a
• Hyphenation: gàn?ga

Noun

ganga f (plural ganghe)

1. gangue

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *gangan?, from Proto-Indo-European *??eng?-.

Verb

ganga (present tense gjeng, past tense gjekk, supine gjenge or gjengi, past participle gjengen, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by gå

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *gangan? (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *??eng?- (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic ???????????????????????? (gaggan).

Pronunciation

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /???????/

Verb

ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn)

1. to go, walk

Conjugation

Derived terms

Descendants

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gangue.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
2. (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)

   Synonyms: bagatela, bugiganga

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin [Term?].

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. denim (textile)

   Synonyms: denim, jeans

2. (in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)

   Synonym: jeans

Etymology 3

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??an?a/, [??ã?.?a]

Etymology 1

Imitative of the bird's call.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. bargain (advantageous purchase)

   Synonym: bicoca

2. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)

Usage notes

• Ganga is a false friend, and in most regions does not mean "gang". The words for "gang" in Spanish are pandilla and mara.

Etymology 2

From English gang.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Puerto Rico) gang

   Synonyms: pandilla, mara

Etymology 3

From French gangue.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. gangue

Swazi

Verb

-ganga

1. to be naughty, to be mischievous

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Zulu

Verb

-ganga

1. (intransitive) to be impudent, to be mischievous, to be naughty

Inflection

References

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “ganga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “ganga (6.6.3)”

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pa???/

Etymology 1

From Swahili panga (“machete”).

Noun

panga (plural pangas)

1. (East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.
   • 1967, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP 2008, p. 77:

     She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.

   • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage 2000, p. 73:

     Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.

   • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus 2010, p. 690:

     I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’

Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of New Latin Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali ??????? (pa?ga?, “mud-coloured fish”), ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (pa?ka, “mud”).

Noun

panga (plural pangas)

1. Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
2. A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.

Translations

Etymology 3

From Spanish panga (“motorboat”).

Noun

panga (plural pangas)

1. A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.

Anagrams

• Pagan, pagan

Bikol Central

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /pa.??a/

Noun

panga

1. framework built on a boat over which the large, thick mat is placed so that it may serve as an awning

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /?pa.?a/

Noun

panga

1. mark that one places on a tree that one has sown with a root crop, so that one one else will cut the tree or work the field

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pa?nga

Noun

panga

1. a forked stick

Cuyunon

Noun

panga

1. (anatomy) jaw

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English panga, from New Latin Pangasius, ultimately from Sanskrit ???? (pa?ka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??.?a?/
• Hyphenation: pan?ga
• Rhymes: -???a?

Noun

panga m (plural panga's)

1. panga, pangasius, swai; fish of the genus Pangasius, esp. when used as food

   Synonym: pangasius

Derived terms

• pangafilet

Estonian

Noun

panga

1. genitive singular of pank

Ibaloi

Noun

panga

1. branch (of a tree)

Kankanaey

Noun

panga

1. branch (of a tree)

Karao

Noun

panga

1. branch (of a tree)

Kayapa Kallahan

Noun

panga

1. branch (of a tree)

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

panga

1. branch (of a tree)

Spanish

Noun

panga f (plural pangas)

1. (Latin America) panga (small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America)
2. (Spain) swai, iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
3. (zoology) torpedo scad (Pterogymnus laniarius)

Swahili

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p????/

Etymology 1

Noun

panga (n class, plural panga)

1. machete, panga (broad knife)

Related terms

• upanga

Etymology 2

Verb

-panga (infinitive kupanga)

1. to arrange, classify, plan, organize, set up

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pangia
  • Causative: -pangisha
  • Passive: -pangwa (“to be arranged, to be assigned”), -pangiwa
  • Reciprocal: -pangana
  • Stative: -pangika

Tagalog

Noun

pangá

1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

Yogad

Noun

pangá

1. branch (of a tree)
2. (anatomy) (lower) jaw