waga

• IPA^(key): /wáː.ɡáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [wáː.ɡáː]

wāgā m (plural wāgā̀gē, possessed form wāgan)

1. A pair of (hide) bags for carrying goods (e.g., on a pack animal or a motorcycle)
2. A grass bag for packing kola nuts.

waga

1. Rōmaji transcription of わが

• Compare Niuean vaka and Samoan va'a.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwaɡa/

waga

1. canoe
2. hollowed out tree used for hull of a canoe
3. vehicle

• (canoe): masawa

• Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 417. →ISBN

From baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀa.

waga

1. ember

From *(a)baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa.

waga

1. (anatomy) shoulder

From baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀa.

waga

1. ember

From *(a)baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa.

waga

1. shoulder

From Proto-West Germanic *wāgu.

wāga f

1. scales

• Middle High German: wāge
  • Cimbrian: baaga
  • German: Waage
  • Yiddish: וואָג‎ (vog)

From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō, derived from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with German Waage, Dutch waag, English wey.

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: wa‧ga

waga f

1. scales
2. weight
3. importance

• waga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• waga in Polish dictionaries at PWN