English [ edit ]
punga (plural pungas )
Alternative form of ponga
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Hungarian [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
Borrowed from Romanian pungă ( “ bag, purse ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : [ˈpuŋɡɒ]
Hyphenation: pun‧ga
Rhymes: -ɡɒ
punga (plural pungák )
( Transylvania , informal ) bag ( soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc. )
Synonyms: zacskó , tasak
Declension [ edit ]
Derived terms [ edit ]
Icelandic [ edit ]
punga
indefinite accusative plural of pungur
indefinite genitive plural of pungur
Italian [ edit ]
punga
inflection of pungere :
first / second / third-person singular present subjunctive
third-person singular imperative
Anagrams [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
From Proto-Polynesian *puŋa ( “ coral rock ” ) (compare with Hawaiian puna ( “ coral, lime, plaster, calcium ” ) , Tahitian puʻa ( “ coral, lime ” ) , Tongan punga , Samoan puga )[1] from Proto-Oceanic *buŋa ( “ white, porous coral or growth ” ) (compare with Fijian vuga ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa ni batu ( “ coral sponge, lit. 'stone bloom' ” ) extension of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa ( “ flower ” ) (compare with Malay bunga and bunga karang ( “ sponge ” ) ).[2] [3] Doublet of pungapunga and pua .
punga
coral
any silicate or calcite material
pungarehu : ash
pungapunga : pumice
anchor
punga
to anchor
to secure
to sink , to fall
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References [ edit ]
^ Tregear, Edward (1891 ) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary [1] , Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 374
^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “puga.1 ”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008 ) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic , volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN , page 108
Further reading [ edit ]
“punga ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN .
Romanian [ edit ]
punga
definite nominative / accusative singular of pungă
Spanish [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
IPA (key ) : /ˈpunɡa/ [ˈpũŋ.ɡa]
Rhymes: -unɡa
Syllabification: pun‧ga
Adjective [ edit ]
punga m or f (masculine and feminine plural pungas )
( slang , Chile ) vulgar , rascal , common person
Further reading [ edit ]
Swahili [ edit ]
Pronunciation [ edit ]
-punga (infinitive kupunga )
to decrease , diminish
to exorcise
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of -punga
Positive present
-na punga
Subjunctive
-punge
Negative
-pungi
Imperative singular
punga
Infinitives
Imperatives
Tensed forms
Habitual
hupunga
Positive past
positive subject concord + -li punga
Negative past
negative subject concord + -ku punga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -na punga)
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni napunga/na punga
tu napunga
2nd person
u napunga
m napunga
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a napunga
wa napunga
other classes
positive subject concord + -na punga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pungi )
Singular
Plural
1st person
si pungi
hatu pungi
2nd person
hu pungi
ham pungi
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
ha pungi
hawa pungi
other classes
negative subject concord + -pungi
Positive future
positive subject concord + -ta punga
Negative future
negative subject concord + -ta punga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -punge )
Singular
Plural
1st person
ni punge
tu punge
2nd person
u punge
m punge
3rd person
m-wa(I/II)
a punge
wa punge
other classes
positive subject concord + -punge
Negative subjunctive
positive subject concord + -si punge
Positive present conditional
positive subject concord + -nge punga
Negative present conditional
positive subject concord + -singe punga
Positive past conditional
positive subject concord + -ngali punga
Negative past conditional
positive subject concord + -singali punga
Perfect
positive subject concord + -me punga
"Already"
positive subject concord + -mesha punga
"Not yet"
negative subject concord + -ja punga
"If/When"
positive subject concord + -ki punga
"If not"
positive subject concord + -sipo punga
Consecutive
kapunga / positive subject concord + -ka punga
Consecutive subjunctive
positive subject concord + -ka punge
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Swedish [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
pung ( “ scrotum ” ) + -a
punga (present pungar , preterite pungade , supine pungat , imperative punga )
( slang ) to place (something) between one's penis and scrotum (or in one's underwear more generally, usually for smuggling purposes)
Conjugation [ edit ]
Conjugation of punga (weak)
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References [ edit ]
Tagalog [ edit ]
Etymology [ edit ]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium .)
punga (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜅ )
( derogatory ) Chinese person
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