different between kanga vs vanga

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

Noun

vanga (plural vangas)

1. Any of several passerine birds, of the family Vangidae, from Madagascar

Icelandic

Etymology

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

vanga

1. indefinite accusative singular of vangi
2. indefinite dative singular of vangi
3. indefinite genitive singular of vangi
4. indefinite accusative plural of vangi
5. indefinite genitive plural of vangi

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin vanga, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse vangsni "ploughshare".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?van.?a/

Noun

vanga f (plural vanghe)

1. spade

Related terms

• vangare

Verb

vanga

1. inflection of vangare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Etymology

Of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse vangsni (“ploughshare”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?an.?a/, [?u?ä??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?van.?a/, [?v????]

Noun

vanga f (genitive vangae); first declension

1. a spade with a crossbar for applying the foot

Usage notes

The meaning of this word is uncertain. Some authorities translate it as mattock.

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• vanga in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vanga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• vanga in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Malagasy

Noun

vanga

1. hook-billed vanga (Vanga curvirostris)

Descendants

• ? English: vanga

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va??a/

Noun

vanga f (plural vanghe)

1. spade