ga

Clipping of Irish Gaeilge

ga

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Irish.

ga

1. rain

• 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

ga

1. (Mpakwithi) mouth

ga

1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to poke
2. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to peel

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (Thai spelling กงา)

1. I.

ga

1. and

• 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

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ga.

ga

1. saddle

• Ross Perlin (2019) A Grammar of Trung‎, Santa Barbara: University of California

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• Rhymes: -aː
• IPA^(key): /ɣaː/

ga

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaan
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gaan
3. imperative of gaan

   ga! ― go!

ga

1. metal
2. money

• IPA^(key): /ŋaː/

ga

1. only

ga

1. but

• ia

ga

1. duck

From French gare.

ga

1. station, terminal

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣaya, an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, metathesis of *wakaʀ (“root”). Cognate with Mwotlap ga and Lo-Toga gi, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa (whence Tongan kava).

• IPA^(key): /ɣa/

ga

1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

• p.507 of: Alexandre François (2010), Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu), in Isabelle Bril (ed.), Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

ga

1. Alternative form of (eng)gak

• gae, gath

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.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ɡaː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡah/[1]

ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)

1. spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart
2. dart, sting

   Chuir an cat a gha ann. ― The cat clawed him.

3. ray (beam of light or radiation)
4. (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)
5. (medicine) suppository
6. (fishing) gaff

• Alternative genitive singular: gaoi
• Alternative plural forms: gaoi, gaoithe

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “gath”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “3 goth”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ga”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 341
• 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.

ga

1. Rōmaji transcription of が
2. Rōmaji transcription of ガ

• IPA^(key): /ˈⁿɡa/

ga

1. earth; land

ga

1. (Eastern Lombard) there (in the expression of "there be")

• (Western Lombard): ghe

ga m or f

1. (Eastern Lombard) him; her/it (dative case)
2. (Eastern Lombard) them (dative case)

• (Western Lombard): ghe

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga

1. when

• gdy

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ga”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ga”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

ga (ga⁵ / ga⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 價／价, 价.

ga

1. Nonstandard spelling of gā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of gà.

• 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.

ga

1. though, although
   • V'eh yn fer toshee dy feer, ga nagh row yn ennym er. He was leader in deed though not in name.
2. albeit

gâ

1. inflection of gâen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

ga

1. (Early Middle English, Northern) Alternative form of gon (“to go”)

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣaya, an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, metathesis of *wakaʀ (“root”). Cognate with Hiw ga and Lo-Toga gi, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa (whence Tongan kava).

• IPA^(key): /ɣa/

ga (determinate naga)

1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

• François, Alexandre. 2022. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) – entry ga.

From Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Related to Persian گاو‎ (gâv).

• Rhymes: -ɑː

ga ?

1. ox
2. bull

• gav

ga

1. simple past of gi

From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what? why? (interrogative particle)”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. any
2. what (kind), which

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. what
2. that

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. Complementizer/relativizer
2. that
3. which
4. who
5. where

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. Marker of inferred, assumed or presumed knowledge

• Liljegren, Henrik; Haider, Naseem (2011) Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎, Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Onomatopoeic.

ga

1. sound made by geese

ga

1. him, it (direct object)

   Bha sinn ga thuigsinn. ― We understood it.

2. her, it (direct object)

   Cha bhi mi ga tachairt. ― I won't be meeting her.

• As him/it lenites the following word.
• As her/it adds the prefix h- to the following word if it begins with a vowel.

  An robh thu ga h-ithe? ― Did you eat it?

ga (Cyrillic spelling га)

1. of him (clitic genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
2. him (clitic accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
3. of it (clitic genitive singular of òno (“it”))
4. it (clitic accusative singular of òno (“it”))

ga

1. Romanization of 𒂵 (ga)

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/, [ɡɐ]

Possibly a shortened form of baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba₅. Cognate with Cebuano ba and Malagasy va.

ga

1. (dialectal, Batangas, Quezon) marks a sentence as interrogative

   Synonyms: ba, (dialectal) baga

ga

1. The name of the Latin-script letter G.

ga

1. skunk

• Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980) Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎ (in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9

ga

1. third-person singular present indicative of gaver

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]

From French gare.

ga

1. train station

From French gaz (“gas”), from Dutch gas.

ga

1. gas used for a gas stove

   bình ga ― a gas tank

2. carbon dioxide used for a carbonated drink

   nước ngọt có ga ― a sweet carbonated drink

3. lighter fluid

   Bật lửa này hết ga rồi.

   This lighter's run out of fluid.

4. (automotive) accelerator

ga

1. (Southern Vietnam, especially Mekong Delta) Pronunciation spelling of ra (“bed sheet”).

From Proto-Nuristani *gā́wā (whence Ashkun gá, Kamkata-viri gó, Prasuni gúṭu, Tregami gá), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš (whence Sanskrit गो (gó), Avestan 𐬔𐬀𐬊‎ (gao), Persian گاو‎ (gâv)), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws (whence Ancient Greek βοῦς (boûs), Russian говя́до (govjádo), English cow).

• IPA^(key): /ɡá/

ga f

1. cow

• IPA^(key): /ɡaː/

ga

1. Soft mutation of ca.

ga

1. jackrabbit

• gå, gâ, gja, gär, ger, gæ

ga (preterite gekk or gikk, plural ging, supine gatt or gaije or goi or gö, imperative gakk, plural gaijen or goien)

1. (intransitive) to walk
2. (intransitive, of objects) move, start
3. (with dill) amount to

• ga dill (“get executed; grow”)
• ga ve (“die”)

From Mandarin 尕 (gǎ).

• IPA^(key): [ka]

ga

1. small (in size, number, etc.)

   je-ge jjhakai zhungo kan-la xaige ga-li.

   This country is much smaller than China.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 146)

   dangga gejhai-mu ga-de shai-la ha xaitang-li da gu qhi-de yi-zek ra mi-li.

   None of our schoolchildren goes to Chinese school [i.e. schools where the medium of education is Mandarin] at the very young age.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 355)

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008) Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

ga

1. simple past tense of gee
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, line 8:

     An Paudeen hay ga her a mighty smugal.

     And Paddy, he gave her a mighty smack.

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927) The Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland Sixth Series, Vol.17 No.2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

• IPA^(key): /ɡà/

gà

1. to set up a collapsible device; to open out; to spread out

   Bá mi ga agbòjò yìí ― Help me open this umbrella

2. to gape open

   Ilẹ̀ á gà jù ọ́ lọ ― The ground shall open and swallow you up

• ga before a direct object

• IPA^(key): /ɡà/

1. to set someone up for a joke; (literally) to make someone believe what may not be true of themself in a joking manner

   mo ń gà ẹ́ ni ― I am only setting you up for a joke

2. (transitive) to tickle

   Synonyms: rìn, rìn ní ìgàkè, gà léèégìnnì, rìn léèégìnnì

• ìgàkè (“tickle”)
• èégìnnì (“tickle”)
• ẹ̀fẹ̀ (“joke”)
• àwàdà (“comedy”)

• ga before a direct object

• gọn (Ìjẹ̀bú)
• go (Ìkálẹ̀, Oǹdó, Ifẹ̀)

• IPA^(key): /ɡā/

ga

1. to be tall

   Antonym: kúrú

2. (idiomatic) to be beyond that which can be tolerated or described

• IPA^(key): /ɡá/

gá

1. to stand aloof
2. to become tired or fed up

   Synonym: gọ́

   ọ̀rọ̀ náàá gá mi ― This matter has caused me to be fed up

From Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Related to Persian گاو‎ (gâv).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑ]
• Hyphenation: ga

ga m

1. ox
2. bull
3. (astronomy, astrology) Taurus

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 (khā), Bouyei gal.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ka˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ga¹
• Hyphenation: ga

ga (Sawndip forms 𮛑 or 胩 or 跏 or 軻, 1957–1982 spelling ga)

1. (anatomy) leg
2. leg (of a chair, table, etc.)

ga (1957–1982 spelling ga)

1. quarter of (a butchered four-legged animal)
2. one of a pair of long, thin objects (shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.)