Inga
Translingual
Etymology 1
Of South American origin
Proper noun
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Inga at USDA Plants database
Etymology 2
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Proper noun
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Tineina - section; Tineina - subsection; Gelechioidea - superfamily; Oecophoridae - family; Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template. - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Danish
Etymology
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name.
Usage notes
- More common in Denmark in the form Inge.
Estonian
Etymology
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name.
Related terms
Faroese
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics [1]
- son of Inga: Inguson
- daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir
Declension
Singular | |
Indefinite | |
Nominative | Inga |
Accusative | Ingu |
Dative | Ingu |
Genitive | Ingu |
German
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name, variant of Inge.
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name.
Related terms
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- [2] Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name.
Related terms
- female given names: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Inger, Ingjerd, Ingrid, Ingunn, Ingvild
- male given names: Inge and its variants
Old High German
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
References
- Forstemann, Ernst Wilhelm. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1, 783.
Old Norse
Etymology
A short from of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name.
Descendants
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)
- A pet form of the female given name Ingrida.
Declension
Declension of Inga
Further reading
- “Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.
Proper noun
Inga c (genitive Ingas).
- a female given name.
Related terms
- female given names: Ing, Ingalill, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Ingegärd, Ingela, Inger, Ingrid, Ingvor
- male given names: Inge and its variants
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- [3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
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