different between kanga vs ranga

English

Etymology 1

From Punjabi ???? (ka?gh?).

Alternative forms

• kangha

Noun

kanga (plural kangas)

1. (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks.

Etymology 2

From Swahili kanga.

Noun

kanga (plural kangas)

1. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa.

Anagrams

• Kagan, kagan, nagak, ngaka

Baoule

Noun

kanga

1. crabe

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka?nga

Noun

kanga

1. (medicine) leprosy

Japanese

Romanization

kanga

1. R?maji transcription of ???

Shona

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-kánga.

Verb

-kángá (infinitive kukángá)

1. fry

Swahili

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *nkángà.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?.???/

Noun

kanga (n class, plural kanga)

1. kanga (garment)
2. guinea fowl

English

Etymology

Affectionate corruption of orangutan; in use since mid-20th century (in modern times popularised by the ABC television show Summer Heights High (2007)).

Pronunciation

• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /?æ??/
• Rhymes: -æ??

Noun

ranga (plural rangas)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, slang, derogatory) An orange-haired or red-haired person.
   • 2009, David Foster, Sons of the Rumour, unnumbered page,

     You?re looking down upon ‘rangas’ crossing at the traffic lights below. What a cheap but satisfying form of Dublin entertainment! With the sun out, the redheads of Dublin glow like copper wire.

   • 2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt Edition, page ii,

     Indeed, Julia Eileen Gillard may not even be the country?s first ranga prime minister; since all the old ones appear only in black and white, we can?t tell.

   • 2010, Katrina Nannestad, Red Dirt Diary, HarperCollins Australia, unnumbered page,

     Fez?s resolutions: […]

     3. I will not call Blue ‘Ranga Girl’.

   • 2015, Charlotte Wood, The Natural Way of Things, Allen & Unwin 2018, p. 183:

     Joy and Lydia and Izzy despised the rest of the girls, from their plucked little threesome, disgusted by Yolanda's hairy calves, the faint down over a lip, Verla's ranga armpits.

Usage notes

Sometimes used as a nickname or epithet.

See also

• Bluey

Anagrams

• Nagra, Ragan, argan, grana

Bikol Central

Noun

ranga

1. (dated) higher level of joy and contentment
2. endearment
3. comfort, solace, relief; comforting, consoling

Verb

ranga

1. to console or comfort or relieve someone with reassuring words.

Derived terms

• karangahan

Icelandic

Noun

ranga f (genitive singular röngu, no plural)

1. reverse side
2. wrong side

Declension

Irish

Noun

ranga

1. genitive singular of rang

Polish

Etymology

From German Rang, from French rang, from Old French renc, reng, ranc, rang, from Frankish *hring.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ran.?a/

Noun

ranga f

1. (military) rank
2. weight, importance

Declension

Further reading

• ranga in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• ranga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Verb

ranga

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of rangar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of rangar

Rapa Nui

Noun

ranga

1. war refugee, fugitive

Derived terms

• kohau ranga