different between ganna vs ganga

English

Etymology

Khwe kanna

Noun

ganna (usually uncountable, plural gannas)

1. (South Africa) A plant formerly used to provide alkaline ashes for soap-making, Salsola aphylla.

Anagrams

• Anang, nanga, ngana

Cimbrian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

ganna f

1. (Sette Comuni) quarry

References

• “ganna” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo

Oromo

Noun

ganna

1. summer

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)”