different between naga vs aga

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n????/

Etymology 1

From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna n?k? (“dress, covering”)

Noun

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Australia) A loincloth.
   • 1926, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October, 1926

     Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter II, p. 22,

     […] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.

   • 2006, Message Stick, ABC1, Friday, 30 June, 2006

     PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had no ochre, so we had to use sunscreen.

   • 2008, Derrick Tomlinson, "Too white to be regarded as Aborigines: An historical analysis of policies for the protection of Aborigines and the assimilation of Aborigines of mixed descent, and the role of Chief Protectors of Aborigines in the formulation and implementation of those policies, in Western Australia from 1898 to 1940" (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Notre Dame Australia.

     They doesn’t dress like people doing the Law this time, walking in shirt and tie, they used to have naga and really truly paint up, real tribal way, you know?

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Sanskrit ??? (n?ga, “serpent, snake”). Doublet of snake.

Alternative forms

• n?ga, N?ga

Noun

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
   • 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 257:

     The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Agan, GNAA

Bikol Central

Noun

naga

1. the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
2. the wood from this tree

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: na?ga

Noun

naga (plural kanagahan)

1. the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
2. the wood from this tree

Dutch

Pronunciation

Verb

naga

1. first-person singular present indicative of nagaan (when using a subclause)
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of nagaan (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• gaan, ga na

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na??a/
• Rhymes: -a??a

Verb

naga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nagaði, supine nagað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to gnaw

Conjugation

Derived terms

• naga sig í handarbökin

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay naga, from Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “large snake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?na?a]
• Hyphenation: na?ga

Noun

naga (first-person possessive nagaku, second-person possessive nagamu, third-person possessive naganya)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

Further reading

• “naga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?na??a]

Noun

naga

1. jackfruit

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “naga”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na?a/

Adjective

naga

1. feminine nominative singular of nagi

Maia

Noun

naga

1. part; piece

Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (n?gá, “large snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /na??/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /na?a/
• Rhymes: -a??, -??, -?

Noun

naga (Jawi spelling ????, plural naga-naga, informal 1st possessive nagaku, impolite 2nd possessive nagamu, 3rd possessive naganya)

1. dragon (mythical creature)

Further reading

• “naga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Maranao

Noun

naga

1. dragon

References

• A Maranao Dictionary, by Howard P. McKaughan and Batua A. Macaraya

Northern Sotho

Noun

naga

1. land, country

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?na.?a/

Adjective

naga

1. feminine nominative/vocative singular of nagi

Portuguese

Noun

naga f (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)

Related terms

• naja

Tagalog

Noun

naga

1. dragon
2. figurehead on the prow of ships
3. a species of narra

Yakan

Noun

naga

1. dragon

English

Noun

aga (plural agas)

1. Alternative spelling of agha

Anagrams

• GAA

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a?ga

Noun

ága

1. morning

Bola

Noun

aga

1. canoe

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 2

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (short form) gà
• (following some prepositions) -'ga

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?æ??/

Determiner

aga

1. their

Eskayan

Noun

aga

1. morning

Estonian

Conjunction

aga

1. but

French

Alternative forms

• agha

Etymology

For Turkish a?a (“lord, master”)

Noun

aga m (plural agas)

1. aga, agha

Further reading

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

Galician

Preposition

aga

1. Alternative form of agás

Hiligaynon

Noun

ága (diminutive agá-ága)

1. morning

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (agh?, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [????]
• Hyphenation: aga
• Rhymes: -??

Noun

aga (plural agák)

1. agha

Declension

Icelandic

Etymology

See the noun agi (“discipline”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??a/
• Rhymes: -a??a

Verb

aga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative agaði, supine agað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to discipline

Conjugation

Related terms

• agi (“discipline, constraint”)

Irish

Etymology

Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??/

Noun

aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)

1. period of time, interval
2. distance

Declension

Derived terms

• agaigh (“space out, stagger”, verb)

Mutation

Further reading

• "aga" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese água.

Alternative forms

• agu (Sotavento)

Noun

aga

1. (Barlavento) water

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, ?ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?a/

Verb

aga (infinitive kwaga)

1. to lack, to miss, to fail to find

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mwagi 1

(Proverbs)

• ith?nj?ro r?tiagaga thakame
• (kanua) kar? mata gatiagaga wa kuuga
• ng'enda th? nd?agaga m?tegi
• ny?ng? ya m?ing? nd?agaga m?teng'?ri
• riko na nda itiagaga
• th? nd?agaga mwenji

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• Muiru, David N. (2007). W?rute G?g?k?y?: Mar?twa ma G?g?k?y? Mata?r?two Na G?th?ng?, p. 45.

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

aga

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

References

• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Ladin

Alternative forms

• ega (Cazét)

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Noun

aga f (plural [please provide])

1. (Brach) water

Lindu

Conjunction

aga

1. if

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to possess”). Cognates include Old English ?gan and Old Saxon ?gan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a??a/

Verb

?ga

1. (auxiliary) to have to

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, ?ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology

Related to agi (“terror”)

Verb

aga

1. to threaten
2. to look dangerous

Conjugation

Related terms

• agi

References

• aga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Turkish a?a (“lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.?a/

Noun

aga m pers

1. agha

Declension

References

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (a?a) (Turkish a?a, aga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??a/
• Hyphenation: a?ga

Noun

àga m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. agha
2. (dated) master
3. (dated) patron

Declension

Swahili

Pronunciation

Verb

-aga (infinitive kuaga)

1. to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something

Conjugation

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agi.

Noun

aga c

1. (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating

Declension

Related terms

• agaförbud
• barnaga

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aga.

Verb

aga (present agar, preterite agade, supine agat, imperative aga)

1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline

Conjugation

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ???? (a?a).

Noun

aga c

1. an agha (Turkish title)

Declension

References

• aga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Tagalog

Noun

aga (Baybayin spelling ??)

1. earliness

Derived terms

Synonyms

• agap
• kaagahan

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

Verb

aga

1. to build

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish ???? (agh?).

Noun

aga (definite accusative agay?, plural agalar)

1. (dialectal) big brother
2. (dialectal) rich man

References

• aga in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse agi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?????], [ò???]

  Rhymes: -?????

Noun

aga m

1. Fear, horror, trepidation.

Related terms

• agalaus
• agasam

References