naga
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From an Australian Aboriginal language; cf. Wulna nākā (“dress, covering”)[1]
Noun
naga (plural nagas)
- (Australia) A 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?
- 1926, The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 October, 1926
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Sanskrit नाग (nāga, “serpent, snake”). Doublet of snake.
Alternative forms
Noun
naga (plural nagas)
- (Indian mythology) A member of a class of semi-divine creatures, often taking the form of a very large snake and associated with water.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 257:
- The five-coned towers form a quincunx, and their flanks are scooped into niches in each of which has been placed a smiling buddha shaded by a nine-headed naga like a big palm fan.
- 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber 1992, p. 257:
Translations
a semi-divine mythological creature in the form of a snake
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References
Anagrams
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: na‧ga
Noun
naga (plural kanagahan)
- the narra tree (Pterocarpus indicus)
- the wood from this tree
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Verb
naga
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of nagaan (when using a subclause)
- (deprecated template usage) (archaic) singular present subjunctive of nagaan (when using a subclause)
Anagrams
Icelandic
Pronunciation
Verb
naga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative nagaði, supine nagað)
- (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. |
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
Indonesian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Malay naga, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit.
Noun
naga (first-person possessive nagaku, second-person possessive nagamu, third-person possessive naganya)
- dragon (mythical creature)
Laboya
Pronunciation
Noun
naga
References
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “naga”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah
Lower Sorbian
Pronunciation
Adjective
naga
Maia
Noun
naga
Malay
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Sanskrit नाग (nāgá, “large snake”).
Pronunciation
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- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 307: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Riau-Lingga" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /naɡa/
- Rhymes: -aɡə, -ɡə, -ə
Noun
naga (plural naga-naga, informal 1st possessive nagaku, 2nd possessive nagamu, 3rd possessive naganya)
- dragon (mythical creature)
Northern Sotho
Noun
naga
Polish
Pronunciation
Adjective
naga
Portuguese
Noun
naga f (plural nagas)
- (Indian mythology) naga (semi-divine creature taking the form of a giant snake)
Related terms
Tagalog
Noun
naga
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