ga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ga"

Aeka

Noun

ga

1. rain

Further reading

• transnewguinea.org, citing both Wilson (1969) and McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
• James Farr, Robert Larson, A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binandere Languages
• Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (1971), issues 8-9, pages 80-81, using a wordlist furnished by Capell

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -aː
• IPA^(key): /ɣaː/

Verb

ga

1. first-person singular present indicative of gaan
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of gaan
3. imperative of gaan

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Ewe

Noun

ga

1. metal
2. money

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Fijian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ŋaː/

Conjunction

ga

1. but

Synonyms

• ia

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Hiw

Noun

ga

1. kava

Further reading

• Alexandre François, Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu) (2010), in Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (edited by Isabelle Bril)

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Irish

Alternative forms

• gae, gath

Etymology

Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath, goth (“spear”) with the synonymous gae (“spear”), from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

Noun

ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)

1. spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart
2. dart, sting
3. ray (beam of light or radiation)
4. (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)
5. (medicine) suppository
6. (fishing) gaff

Declension

Declension of ga

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative ga gathanna Vocative a gha a ghathanna Genitive ga gathanna Dative ga gathanna

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an ga na gathanna Genitive an gha na ngathanna Dative leis an nga don gha leis na gathanna

• Alternative genitive singular: gaoi
• Alternative plural forms: gaoi, gaoithe

Derived terms

Terms derived from ga

• alfa-gha m (“alpha ray”)
• béitea-gha (“beta ray”)
• ga-chatóideach (“cathode-ray”, adjective)

• gáma-gha m (“gamma ray”)
• ga-shiméadrach (“radially symmetrical”, adjective)

• ga-shiméadracht f (“radial symmetry”)
• X-gha m (“X-ray”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
ga	gha	nga
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• "ga" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “gae” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “gath” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 goth” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “ga” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Entries containing “ga” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “ga” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Japanese

Romanization

ga

1. Rōmaji transcription of が
2. Rōmaji transcription of ガ

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Kurdish

Etymology

Related to Persian گاو‎ (gâv), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓw.

Noun

ga ?

1. ox
2. bull

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡa]

Adverb

ga

1. when

Synonyms

• gdy

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Mandarin

Romanization

ga

1. Nonstandard spelling of gā.
2. Nonstandard spelling of gá.
3. Nonstandard spelling of gǎ.
4. Nonstandard spelling of gà.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Conjunction

ga

1. though, although
   • V'eh yn fer toshee dy feer, ga nagh row yn ennym er. He was leader in deed though not in name.
2. albeit

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Middle Dutch

Verb

gâ

1. inflection of gâen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person and third-person singular present subjunctive

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• gav

Verb

ga

1. simple past of gi

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Scottish Gaelic

Pronoun

ga

1. him, it (direct object)

   Bha sinn ga thuigsinn. ― We understood it.

2. her, it (direct object)

   Cha bhi mi ga tachairt. ― I won't be meeting her.

Usage notes

• As him/it lenites the following word.
• As her/it adds the prefix h- to the following word if it begins with a vowel.

  An robh thu ga h-ithe? ― Did you eat it?

Related terms

Related terms

• gad
• gam
• gan
• gar

• gur
• e
• i

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

ga (Cyrillic spelling га)

1. of him (clitic genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
2. him (clitic accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
3. of it (clitic genitive singular of òno (“it”))
4. it (clitic accusative singular of òno (“it”))

Declension

    Inflection of 3rd-person pronouns

	Singular			Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
nominative	ȏn	òna	òno	òni	òne	òna
genitive	njȅga, ga	njȇ, je	njȅga, ga	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
dative	njȅmu, mu	njȏj, joj	njȅmu, mu	njȉma, im	njȉma, im	njȉma, im
accusative	njȅga, ga, nj	njȗ, ju, je, nju	njȅga, ga, nj	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih	njȋh, ih
vocative	-	-	-	-	-	-
locative	njȅm, njȅmu	njȏj	njȅm, njȅmu	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma
instrumental	njȋm, njíme	njȏm, njóme	njȋm, njíme	njȉma	njȉma	njȉma

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Venetian

Verb

ga

1. third-person singular present indicative of gaver

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gare.

Noun

ga

1. train station

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gaz (“gas”), from Dutch gas.

Noun

ga

1. (for a gas stove) "gas"; propane

   bình ga

   a propane tank

2. (for a lighter) lighter fluid

   Bật lửa này hết ga rồi.

   This lighter's run out of fluid.

See also

• propan

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Welsh

Verb

ga

1. Soft mutation of ca.

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Westrobothnian

Alternative forms

• gå
• gâ
• gja
• gär
• ger

Verb

ga (preterite gekk or gikk, plural ging, supine gatt or gaije or goi or gö, imperative gakk, plural gaijen or goien)

1. (intransitive) to walk
2. (intransitive, of objects) move, start
3. (with dill) amount to

Derived terms

• ga dill (“get executed; grow”)
• ga ve (“die”)

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Zazaki

Etymology

Related to Persian گاو (gâv), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓw.

Noun

ga (gu) ?

1. ox
2. bull
3. (astronomy, astrology) Taurus

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Zhuang

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ka˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ga¹
• Hyphenation: ga

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khaa).

Noun

ga (old orthography ga, Sawndip forms 𮛑, 胩, 跏, 軻)

1. (anatomy) leg
2. leg (of a chair, table, etc.)

Classifier

ga (old orthography ga)

1. quarter of (a butchered four-legged animal)
2. one of a pair of long, thin objects (shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.)

Etymology 2

Noun

ga (old orthography ga)

1. (roeg~) crow