-ga

(archaic or dialectal, no longer productive) Used to form causative verbs from nouns and adjectives
‎blod (“blood”) + ‎-ga → ‎blodga (“to make bleed”)

‎ro (“calm”) + ‎-ga → ‎rodga (“to calm”)

‎mjøl (“flour”) + ‎-ga → ‎mjølga (“to flour”)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk terms suffixed with -ga

blodga

References

“%ga”, in Norsk Ordbok: Ordbok over det Norske Folkemålet og det Nynorske Skriftmålet (in Norwegian Nynorsk), Oslo: Det Norske Samlaget, 1950–2016, →ISBN.

Ojibwe

Noun

-ga (obligatorily possessed)

mother

Usage notes

-ga is used by some older speakers.

Synonyms

-maamaay

Derived terms

ninga (“my mother”)
giga (“your mother”)
ogiin (“his/her/their mother”)

References

The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ga-nad

Old English

Alternative forms

-ca

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *-gō, from Proto-Germanic *-gjô, *-gô (suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɑ/

Suffix

-ga

Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar names for pets.
docga ― dog

frocga ― frog

*picga ― pig

*snecga ― snail

stacga ― stag

wicga ― insect

Declension

Weak:

	singular	plural
nominative	-ga	-gan
accusative	-gan	-gan
genitive	-gan	-gena
dative	-gan	-gum

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *-ugaz + Proto-Germanic *-ōną.

Suffix

-ga

turns an adjective with -ugr into a transitive verb
‎blóðugr + ‎-ga → ‎blóðga

‎stǫðugr + ‎-ga → ‎stǫðga

Descendants

Icelandic: -ga
Faroese: -ga
Norwegian Nynorsk: -ga

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

-𑀕 (Brahmi script)
-ग (Devanagari script)
-গ (Bengali script)
-ග (Sinhalese script)
-ဂ or -ၷ (Burmese script)
-ค or -คะ (Thai script)
-ᨣ (Tai Tham script)
-ຄ or -ຄະ (Lao script)
-គ (Khmer script)
-𑄉 (Chakma script)

Etymology

From the root to go. When used as the second element of an upapada tatpurusha, the vowel and final verbal roots ending in a nasal are reduced to their zero grade, /a/, which is then reinterpreted as the thematic vowel.

Adjective

-ga

going

Usage notes

The adjective may be used in an absolute sense, thereby yielding a noun. This suffix is not used as a free-standing adjective.

Declension

Declension table of "-ga" (masculine)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	-go	-gā
Accusative (second)	-gaṃ	-ge
Instrumental (third)	-gena	-gehi or -gebhi
Dative (fourth)	-gassa or -gāya or -gatthaṃ	-gānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	-gasmā or -gamhā or -gā	-gehi or -gebhi
Genitive (sixth)	-gassa	-gānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	-gasmiṃ or -gamhi or -ge	-gesu
Vocative (calling)	-ga	-gā

Declension table of "-ga" (neuter)

Case / Number	Singular	Plural
Nominative (first)	-gaṃ	-gāni
Accusative (second)	-gaṃ	-gāni
Instrumental (third)	-gena	-gehi or -gebhi
Dative (fourth)	-gassa or -gāya or -gatthaṃ	-gānaṃ
Ablative (fifth)	-gasmā or -gamhā or -gā	-gehi or -gebhi
Genitive (sixth)	-gassa	-gānaṃ
Locative (seventh)	-gasmiṃ or -gamhi or -ge	-gesu
Vocative (calling)	-ga	-gāni

Derived terms

Words using this suffix are listed in their own category. Note that normally only the Latin script forms are listed, as etymology sections are normally restricted to the Latin script form.

Pali terms suffixed with -ga

bhujaga

Samoan

Suffix

-ga

Used to make a verb into a noun with a related meaning.

Derived terms

Samoan terms suffixed with -ga

References

Milner, G.B. (1993), Samoan Dictionary, Auckland: Polynesian Press, →ISBN, page 74

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *-ŋa. Cognates include Hawaiian -na and Samoan -ga.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [-.ŋa]

Suffix

-ga

Used to form nouns denoting the action of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing
‎iloilo (“to examine”) + ‎-ga → ‎iloiloga (“examination”)
Used to form nouns denoting the event of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing
‎tipi (“to cut”) + ‎-ga → ‎tīpiga (“surgery”)
Used to form nouns denoting the object of the suffixed verb.
‎kave (“to carry”) + ‎-ga → ‎kāvega (“load”)

Usage notes

To make a distinction between the different senses of the suffix, the first vowel of the produced noun may be elongated:
‎tipi (“to cut”) + ‎-ga → ‎tipiga (“act of cutting”)

‎tipi (“to cut”) + ‎-ga → ‎tīpiga (“surgery”)

Derived terms

Tokelauan terms suffixed with -ga

References

R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 133

Uzbek

Alternative forms

-ka — after k
-qa — after q or gʻ

Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai ـغه (-ġh /⁠-ġa⁠/), ـگه (-gh /⁠-gä⁠/), ـقه (-qh /⁠-qa⁠/), ـکه (-kh /⁠-kä⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *-ka.

Suffix

-ga

to (dative case)
‎anʼana + ‎-ga → ‎anʼanaga

‎yurak + ‎-ga → ‎yurakka

‎choʻgʻ + ‎-ga → ‎choʻqqa

Usage notes

When attached to words ending in gʻ, their final consonant is altered to q.