daga

See also: Daga, dagã, dåga, da ga, da gà, and Dąga

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈdɑ.ɣɑ]

Noun

daga

1. genitive plural of dæġ

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Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɡa/ [ˈd̪a.ɡa]

Noun

dága

1. knife; dagger

See also

• balisong
• gata
• kutsilyo
• lanseta
• palas
• sanggot
• sundang
• tabak

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *daʀəq.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: daga
• IPA^(key): /daˈɡaʔ/ [d̪aˈɡaʔ]

Noun

dagâ

1. soil; earth; land
2. property

   Synonym: solar

Derived terms

• dagaon
• magdaga

 

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Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa‎ (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

Noun

daga

1. woman; female

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Catalan

Etymology

Likely borrowed from Italian daga, of disputed origin, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *daca (see there for further information). Compare also German Degen, Old Norse dage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈda.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈda.ɣa]

Noun

daga f (plural dagues)

1. dagger

Derived terms

• daguer

References

• “daga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dibabawon Manobo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa‎ (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

Noun

daga

1. unmarried woman

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Gothic

Romanization

daga

1. Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰

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Hausa

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dagā f (plural dagā̀gē, possessed form dagar̃)

1. bangle-charm (worn on the upper arm or wrist)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dāgā f (possessed form dāgar̃)

1. struggle, battle

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Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

Noun

dága

1. dagger, stiletto

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

dágà

1. clay, soil
2. sacrifice, specifically human sacrifice

Noun

dagâ

1. victim of sacrifice, sacrifice

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Icelandic

Noun

daga

1. inflection of dagur:
   1. indefinite accusative plural
   2. indefinite genitive plural

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Ilocano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *daʀəq, compare Tetum rai.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧gá
• IPA^(key): /daˈɡa/, [dɐˈɡa]

Noun

dagá

1. land; soil; earth

Derived terms

• dumaga
• kadagaan
• maipadaga

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɡa/

Noun

daga

1. dagger

Derived terms

• agdaga

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Italian

Etymology

Possibly via a Celtic source from Vulgar Latin *daca, used to refer to knives from the Roman province of Dacia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈda.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: dà‧ga

Noun

daga f (plural daghe)

1. dagger
2. (weaponry) a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade

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Japanese

Romanization

daga

1. Rōmaji transcription of だが

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Kankanaey

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”).

Noun

daga

1. sea

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Karao

Noun

daga

1. ritual performed for a sick person

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈtaka/

Verb

daga

1. inflection of dahkat:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular imperative
   3. imperative connegative

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Ojibwe

Particle

daga

1. please, by all means, come on, well

Related terms

• da

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Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagāną.

Verb

daga

1. (impersonal, intransitive) to dawn (become day)

Conjugation

Conjugation of daga — impersonal, active (weak class 2)

infinitive	daga
past participle	dagaðr
indicative	present	past
3rd-person singular	dagar	dagaði
subjunctive	present	past
3rd-person singular	dagi	dagaði

Derived terms

• dagan f (“dawn, daybreak”)

Related terms

• dagr m (“day”)

Descendants

• Icelandic: daga
• Faroese: daga
• Norwegian: dage
• Swedish: daga, Swedish: dagas
• Danish: dage

References

• “daga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

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Old Occitan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *daca.

Noun

daga f (oblique plural dagas, nominative singular daga, nominative plural dagas)

1. dagger (weapon)

References

• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*daca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume
  , page 1

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

daga m (genitive singular daga, plural dagaichean)

1. pistol

Derived terms

• daga-cuairt

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
daga	dhaga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Soninke

Verb

daga

1. to go, leave

   N wa dagana Pari

   I will go to Paris

2. to be right
3. (Auxiliary) marks embarcative aspect

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Spanish

Noun

daga f (plural dagas)

1. dagger

Further reading

• “daga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Tagalog

Etymology 1

Compare Cebuano ilaga and Kapampangan dagis.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ga
• IPA^(key): /daˈɡaʔ/, [d̪ɐˈɣaʔ]

Noun

dagâ

1. mouse; rat

   Synonym: (euphemistic) mabait

Derived terms

• daga-dagaan
• dagadagaan
• dagain
• dagang bahay
• dagang bukid
• dagang bundok
• dagang dingding
• dagang gililan
• dagang kosta
• dagang parang
• dagang puti
• dagang taingahan
• madaga
• panghuli ng daga
• taingang-daga

 

See also

• bubuwit

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɡa/, [ˈd̪aː.ɣɐ]

Noun

daga

1. dagger

   Synonyms: balaraw, patalim, punyal

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: da‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɡa/, [ˈd̪aː.ɣɐ]

Noun

daga

1. aunt

   Synonyms: tiya, tita

2. stepmother

   Synonyms: madrastra, inang-panguman

Further reading

• “daga” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[2], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021

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Yogad

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq.

Noun

dagá

1. blood