gina

See also: Gina, gína, gín-á, giną, Giňa, and gına

English

Etymology 1

Abbreviation of vagina, either by children's mispronunciation or as a euphemism.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒaɪnə/

Noun

gina (plural ginas)

1. (hypocoristic, slang) The vagina.

Synonyms

• front bottom, (British) fanny, and others, vulgar or euphemistic

Etymology 2

From the Italian forename.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒiːnə/

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

gina (plural ginas)

1. (US, Canada, slang, derogatory) The female equivalent of a gino.

Anagrams

• Agin, Agni, Angi, Gain, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, ag'in, agin, gain, gain-, inga

Kusunda

Pronoun

gina

1. he, she, that (third-person singular pronoun)

References

David E. Watters (2006), “Notes on Kusunda Grammar: A Language Isolate of Nepal”, in Himalayan Linguistics‎^[1], page 44

Malagasy

Adjective

gina

1. silent
2. solitary

Further reading

• gina in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Mongondow

Etymology

From Proto-Central Philippine *ginhawa, from Proto-Greater Central Philippine *gi-nihawa, from Proto-Philippine *nihawa (“breath”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *nihawa, from Proto-Austronesian *NiSawa. Compare Ponosakan gina, Central Dusun ginawo, Cebuano ginhawa (“breath”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.na/
• Hyphenation: gi‧na

Noun

gina

1. breath
2. (figurative) heart, feeling

   Totok monakit in gina na'a.

   My heart hurts so much.

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.na/

Noun

gina

1. cargo, freight

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

West Makian

Etymology

From Ternate gina.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡi.n̪a/

Noun

gina

1. cargo, freight of a boat

   Synonym: pamano

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics