naga

See also: nagą, nāga, and Nāga

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑːɡə/

Etymology 1

From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna nākā (“dress, covering”)

Noun

naga (plural nagas)

1. (Australia) loincloth.
   • 1926, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October, 1926

     Boys and many of the men wear the naga, akin to bathing trunks […]

   • 1938, Xavier Herbert, Capricornia, Chapter II, p. 22,

     […] a young lubra wearing nothing but a naga of paper-bark rose and came forward shyly.

   • 2006, Message Stick, ABC1, Friday, 30 June, 2006

     PAUL RUNDLE: Backstage, they were just asking us, "Where are you from," and all that. And they were touching us and all that there, and I was just there with my little naga and, yeah. And plus we had no ochre, so we had to use sunscreen.

   • 2008, Derrick Tomlinson, "Too white to be regarded as Aborigines: An historical analysis of policies for the protection of Aborigines and the assimilation of Aborigines of mixed descent, and the role of Chief Protectors of Aborigines in the formulation and implementation of those policies, in Western Australia from 1898 to 1940" (Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)). University of Notre Dame Australia.

     They doesn’t dress like people doing the Law this time, walking in shirt and tie, they used to have naga and really truly paint up, real tribal way, you know?

Etymology 2

Noun

naga (plural nagas)

1. Alternative spelling of nāga

Anagrams

• Agan, GNAA

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

naga

1. first-person singular present indicative of nagaan (when using a subclause)
2. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of nagaan (when using a subclause)

Anagrams

• gaan, ga na

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Verb

naga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nagaði, supine nagað)

1. (transitive, governs the accusative) to gnaw

Conjugation

naga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að naga
supine (sagnbót)		nagað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		nagandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég naga	við nögum	present (nútíð)	ég nagi	við nögum
	þú nagar	þið nagið		þú nagir	þið nagið
	hann, hún, það nagar	þeir, þær, þau naga		hann, hún, það nagi	þeir, þær, þau nagi
past (þátíð)	ég nagaði	við nöguðum	past (þátíð)	ég nagaði	við nöguðum
	þú nagaðir	þið nöguðuð		þú nagaðir	þið nöguðuð
	hann, hún, það nagaði	þeir, þær, þau nöguðu		hann, hún, það nagaði	þeir, þær, þau nöguðu
imperative (boðháttur)	naga (þú)	nagið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	nagaðu	nagiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

nagast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að nagast
supine (sagnbót)		nagast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		nagandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég nagast	við nögumst	present (nútíð)	ég nagist	við nögumst
	þú nagast	þið nagist		þú nagist	þið nagist
	hann, hún, það nagast	þeir, þær, þau nagast		hann, hún, það nagist	þeir, þær, þau nagist
past (þátíð)	ég nagaðist	við nöguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég nagaðist	við nöguðumst
	þú nagaðist	þið nöguðust		þú nagaðist	þið nöguðust
	hann, hún, það nagaðist	þeir, þær, þau nöguðust		hann, hún, það nagaðist	þeir, þær, þau nöguðust
imperative (boðháttur)	nagast (þú)	nagist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	nagastu	nagisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

nagaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	nagaður	nöguð	nagað		nagaðir	nagaðar	nöguð
accusative (þolfall)	nagaðan	nagaða	nagað		nagaða	nagaðar	nöguð
dative (þágufall)	nöguðum	nagaðri	nöguðu		nöguðum	nöguðum	nöguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	nagaðs	nagaðrar	nagaðs		nagaðra	nagaðra	nagaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	nagaði	nagaða	nagaða		nöguðu	nöguðu	nöguðu
accusative (þolfall)	nagaða	nöguðu	nagaða		nöguðu	nöguðu	nöguðu
dative (þágufall)	nagaða	nöguðu	nagaða		nöguðu	nöguðu	nöguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	nagaða	nöguðu	nagaða		nöguðu	nöguðu	nöguðu

Derived terms

• naga sig í handarbökin

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay naga, from Sanskrit.

Noun

naga

1. dragon (mythical creature)

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Lower Sorbian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnaɡa/

Adjective

naga

1. nominative singular feminine of nagi

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Malay

Etymology

From Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /naɡə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /naɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Noun

naga

1. dragon (mythical creature)

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Northern Sotho

Noun

naga

1. land, country

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Polish

Adjective

naga

1. feminine nominative singular of nagi
2. feminine vocative singular of nagi

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Portuguese

Noun

naga f (plural nagas)

1. (Indian mythology) nāga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)

Related terms

• naja

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Tagalog

Noun

naga

1. dragon
2. figurehead on the prow of ships
3. a species of narra