English Online Dictionary. What means ga? What does ga mean?
Aeka
Noun
ga
- rain
Further reading
- transnewguinea.org, citing both Wilson (1969) and McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
- James Farr, Robert Larson, A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binandere Languages
- Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (1971), issues 8-9, pages 80-81, using a wordlist furnished by Capell
Anguthimri
Noun
ga
- (Mpakwithi) mouth
Verb
ga
- (transitive, Mpakwithi) to poke
- (transitive, Mpakwithi) to peel
References
- Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185
Djambarrpuyngu
Conjunction
ga
- and
References
- M.P. Wilkinson, Djambarrpuyŋu: A Yolŋu Variety of Northern Australia (1991), p. 393
- Margit Bowler and Vanya Kapitonov, Towards a typology of quantification in Australian languages (2018), p. 17
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aː
- IPA(key): /ɣaː/
Verb
ga
- first-person singular present indicative of gaan
- (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gaan
- imperative of gaan
Ewe
Noun
ga
- metal
- money
Fijian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ŋaː/
Adverb
ga
- only
Conjunction
ga
- but
Synonyms
- ia
Noun
ga
- duck
Hiw
Noun
ga
- kava
Further reading
- Alexandre François, Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu) (2010), in Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (edited by Isabelle Bril)
Irish
Alternative forms
- gae, gath
Etymology
Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath, goth (“spear”) with the synonymous gae (“spear”), from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa/
Noun
ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)
- spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart
- dart, sting
- ray (beam of light or radiation)
- (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)
- (medicine) suppository
- (fishing) gaff
Declension
- Alternative genitive singular: gaoi
- Alternative plural forms: gaoi, gaoithe
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "ga" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “gath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “3 goth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “ga” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
- Entries containing “ga” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “ga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Japanese
Romanization
ga
- Rōmaji transcription of が
- Rōmaji transcription of ガ
Lombard
Adverb
ga
- (Eastern Lombard) there (in the expression of "there be")
Synonyms
- (Western Lombard): ghe
Pronoun
ga m or f
- (Eastern Lombard) him; her/it (dative case)
- (Eastern Lombard) them (dative case)
Synonyms
- (Western Lombard): ghe
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɡa]
Adverb
ga
- when
Synonyms
- gdy
Further reading
- ga in Ernst Muka/Mucke (St. Petersburg and Prague 1911–28): Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow / Wörterbuch der nieder-wendischen Sprache und ihrer Dialekte. Reprinted 2008, Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
- ga in Manfred Starosta (1999): Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch. Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag.
Mandarin
Romanization
ga
- Nonstandard spelling of gā.
- Nonstandard spelling of gá.
- Nonstandard spelling of gǎ.
- Nonstandard spelling of gà.
Usage notes
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
Manx
Conjunction
ga
- though, although
- V'eh yn fer toshee dy feer, ga nagh row yn ennym er. He was leader in deed though not in name.
- albeit
Middle Dutch
Verb
gâ
- inflection of gâen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
Middle English
Verb
ga
- (Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of gon (“to go”)
Northern Kurdish
Etymology
Related to Persian گاو (gâv), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓw.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Noun
ga ?
- ox
- bull
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- gav
Verb
ga
- simple past of gi
Phalura
Etymology 1
From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what? why? (interrogative particle)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa/
Determiner
ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)
- any
- what (kind), which
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[1], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
- Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) , “(3164)”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa/
Pronoun
ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)
- what
- that
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[2], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 3
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa/
Conjunction
ga (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)
- Complementizer/relativizer
- that
- which
- who
- where
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[3], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Etymology 4
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa/
Particle
ga (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)
- Marker of inferred, assumed or presumed knowledge
References
- Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)[4], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
Pronoun
ga
- him, it (direct object)
- her, it (direct object)
Usage notes
- As him/it lenites the following word.
- As her/it adds the prefix h- to the following word if it begins with a vowel.
Related terms
Serbo-Croatian
Pronoun
ga (Cyrillic spelling га)
- of him (clitic genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
- him (clitic accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
- of it (clitic genitive singular of òno (“it”))
- it (clitic accusative singular of òno (“it”))
Declension
Teribe
Noun
ga
- skunk
References
- Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español[5] (in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9
Venetian
Verb
ga
- third-person singular present indicative of gaver
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
Etymology 1
From French gare.
Noun
ga
- train station
Etymology 2
From French gaz (“gas”), from Dutch gas.
Noun
ga
- gas used for a gas stove
- carbon dioxide used for a carbonated drink
- lighter fluid
See also
- propan
Welsh
Verb
ga
- Soft mutation of ca.
Mutation
Western Apache
Noun
ga
- jackrabbit
Westrobothnian
Alternative forms
- gå, gâ, gja, gär, ger, gæ
Verb
ga (preterite gekk or gikk, plural ging, supine gatt or gaije or goi or gö, imperative gakk, plural gaijen or goien)
- (intransitive) to walk
- (intransitive, of objects) move, start
- (with dill) amount to
Derived terms
- ga dill (“get executed; grow”)
- ga ve (“die”)
Zazaki
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɡɑ]
- Hyphenation: ga
Etymology
Related to Persian گاو (gâv), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓw.
Noun
ga m
- ox
- bull
- (astronomy, astrology) Taurus
Zhuang
Etymology
From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khaa), Bouyei gal.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /ka˨˦/
- Tone numbers: ga1
- Hyphenation: ga
Noun
ga (Sawndip forms 𮛑, 胩, 跏, 軻, old orthography ga)
- (anatomy) leg
- leg (of a chair, table, etc.)
Classifier
ga (old orthography ga)
- quarter of (a butchered four-legged animal)
- one of a pair of long, thin objects (shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.)