changa

English

Alternative forms

• xanga

Etymology

Coined by Julian Palmer.

Noun

changa (uncountable)

1. (slang) A smokable blend of dimethyltryptamine and an MAOI to extend the drug experience in duration and intensity.
   • 2016, Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Alex K. Gearin, editors, The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies‎^[1], Routledge, →ISBN:

     Smoked in bongs, pipes, and joints in living rooms, by rivers, on mountaintops, under wattle trees, and at festivals around the globe, changa use has proliferated.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Galician-Portuguese changa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃanɡa/ [ˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: chan‧ga

Noun

changa f (plural changas)

1. job of a porter
2. (Rioplatense, Paraguay) odd job
3. (Andalusia, Cuba) joke
4. (colloquial) a small-time barter

Further reading

• “changa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Adjective

-changa (declinable)

1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
2. (of a moon) new

Declension

Inflected forms of -changa

Noun class	singular	plural
m-wa class(I/II)	mchanga	wachanga
m-mi class(III/IV)	mchanga	michanga
ji-ma class(V/VI)	changa	machanga
ki-vi class(VII/VIII)	kichanga	vichanga
n class(IX/X)	changa	changa
u class(XI)	mchanga	see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI)	pachanga
ku class(XVII)	kuchanga
mu class(XVIII)	mchanga

Derived terms

• mchanga (“young person”)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Sabaki *-canga, from Proto-Bantu *-cànga. Doublet of -tanga (“to wander, to loiter”), which was inherited through a Northern dialect.

In Sabaki, cognate with Ngazidja Comorian -tsanga and Giryama -tsanga. Other Bantu cognates include Nyamwezi -sanga and Herero -hanga.

Verb

-changa (infinitive kuchanga)

1. to collect, gather

Conjugation

Conjugation of -changa
Positive present -nachanga Subjunctive -change Negative -changi Imperative singular changa
Infinitives
Positive kuchanga Negative kutochanga
Imperatives
Singular changa Plural changeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchanga Positive past positive subject concord + -lichanga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachanga) Singular Plural 1st person ninachanga/nachanga tunachanga 2nd person unachanga mnachanga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachanga wanachanga other classes positive subject concord + -nachanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -changi) Singular Plural 1st person sichangi hatuchangi 2nd person huchangi hamchangi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachangi hawachangi other classes negative subject concord + -changi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachanga Negative future negative subject concord + -tachanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -change) Singular Plural 1st person nichange tuchange 2nd person uchange mchange 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achange wachange other classes positive subject concord + -change
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichange Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechanga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechanga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichanga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achanga) Singular Plural 1st person nachanga twachanga 2nd person wachanga mwachanga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanga wachanga m-mi(III/IV) wachanga yachanga ji-ma(V/VI) lachanga yachanga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachanga vyachanga n(IX/X) yachanga zachanga u(XI) wachanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwachanga pa(XVI) pachanga mu(XVIII) mwachanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechanga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshachanga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachanga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kichanga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipochanga Consecutive kachanga / positive subject concord + -kachanga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachange
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nichanga -tuchanga 2nd person -kuchanga -wachanga/-kuchangeni/-wachangeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchanga -wachanga m-mi(III/IV) -uchanga -ichanga ji-ma(V/VI) -lichanga -yachanga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichanga -vichanga n(IX/X) -ichanga -zichanga u(XI) -uchanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuchanga pa(XVI) -pachanga mu(XVIII) -muchanga Reflexive -jichanga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -changa- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -changaye -changao m-mi(III/IV) -changao -changayo ji-ma(V/VI) -changalo -changayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -changacho -changavyo n(IX/X) -changayo -changazo u(XI) -changao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -changako pa(XVI) -changapo mu(XVIII) -changamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -changa) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yechanga -ochanga m-mi(III/IV) -ochanga -yochanga ji-ma(V/VI) -lochanga -yochanga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochanga -vyochanga n(IX/X) -yochanga -zochanga u(XI) -ochanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kochanga pa(XVI) -pochanga mu(XVIII) -mochanga
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:
  • Applicative: -changia (“to contribute”)
  • Causative: -changisha
  • Conversive: -changua
  • Passive: -changwa
  • Stative: -changika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mchango (“donation, contribution”)