punga

English

Noun

punga (plural pungas)

1. Alternative form of ponga

Anagrams

• Pangu

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Icelandic

Noun

punga

1. indefinite accusative plural of pungur
2. indefinite genitive plural of pungur

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Italian

Verb

punga

1. inflection of pungere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• pugna

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Romanian

Noun

punga

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of pungă

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpunɡa/ [ˈpũŋ.ɡa]

Adjective

punga m or f (masculine and feminine plural pungas)

1. (slang, Chile) vulgar, rascal, common person

Further reading

• “punga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28

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Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Verb

-punga (infinitive kupunga)

1. to decrease, diminish
2. exorcise

Conjugation

Conjugation of -punga
Positive present -napunga Subjunctive -punge Negative -pungi Imperative singular punga
Infinitives
Positive kupunga Negative kutopunga
Imperatives
Singular punga Plural pungeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupunga Positive past positive subject concord + -lipunga Negative past negative subject concord + -kupunga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napunga) Singular Plural 1st person ninapunga/napunga tunapunga 2nd person unapunga mnapunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapunga wanapunga other classes positive subject concord + -napunga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pungi) Singular Plural 1st person sipungi hatupungi 2nd person hupungi hampungi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapungi hawapungi other classes negative subject concord + -pungi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapunga Negative future negative subject concord + -tapunga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -punge) Singular Plural 1st person nipunge tupunge 2nd person upunge mpunge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apunge wapunge other classes positive subject concord + -punge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipunge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepunga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepunga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipunga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipunga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apunga) Singular Plural 1st person napunga twapunga 2nd person wapunga mwapunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apunga wapunga m-mi(III/IV) wapunga yapunga ji-ma(V/VI) lapunga yapunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapunga vyapunga n(IX/X) yapunga zapunga u(XI) wapunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapunga pa(XVI) papunga mu(XVIII) mwapunga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepunga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapunga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japunga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipunga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopunga Consecutive kapunga / positive subject concord + -kapunga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapunge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipunga -tupunga 2nd person -kupunga -wapunga/-kupungeni/-wapungeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpunga -wapunga m-mi(III/IV) -upunga -ipunga ji-ma(V/VI) -lipunga -yapunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipunga -vipunga n(IX/X) -ipunga -zipunga u(XI) -upunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupunga pa(XVI) -papunga mu(XVIII) -mupunga Reflexive -jipunga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -punga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pungaye -pungao m-mi(III/IV) -pungao -pungayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pungalo -pungayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pungacho -pungavyo n(IX/X) -pungayo -pungazo u(XI) -pungao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pungako pa(XVI) -pungapo mu(XVIII) -pungamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -punga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepunga -opunga m-mi(III/IV) -opunga -yopunga ji-ma(V/VI) -lopunga -yopunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopunga -vyopunga n(IX/X) -yopunga -zopunga u(XI) -opunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopunga pa(XVI) -popunga mu(XVIII) -mopunga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Augmentative: -pungua
  • Causative: -punguza
  • Passive: -pungwa

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Tagalog

Noun

punga

1. (derogatory) Chinese person

Related terms

• beho