rega

See also: Rega, réga, regá, and reĝa

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrə.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.ɣa]

Etymology 1

From Gaulish *rica (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā. Cognate with French raie.

Noun

rega f (plural regues)

1. furrow

   Synonym: solc

2. ladder (UK), run (US) (a length of unravelled fabric in a stocking, etc.)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

rega

Further reading

• “rega” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Iban

Etymology

From Malay harga, from Sanskrit अर्घ (argha).

Noun

rega

1. price

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Javanese

Etymology

From Sanskrit अर्घ (argha).

Noun

rega

1. price

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Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kurega as an equivalent of English refuse in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gulea as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɛɣa/

Verb

rega (infinitive kũrega)

1. to refuse

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũrega akĩĩrwo ndaregaga akĩhetwo
• mũ(ũ)ragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti

See also

• kũima

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• gera

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Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈ʲeɣa/

Verb

rega

1. first-person singular future absolute of téit

·rega

1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
rega also rrega after a proclitic ending in a vowel	rega pronounced with /r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin rigare.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: re‧ga

Noun

rega f (plural regas)

1. irrigation

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Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

rega

1. snot

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “сопли”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika