rega

See also: Rega, réga, regá, and reĝa

Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Gaulish *rica (“furrow”), from Proto-Celtic *ɸrikā. Cognate with French raie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈre.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.ɣa]

Noun

rega f (plural regues)

1. furrow

   Synonym: solc

2. ladder (UK), run (US) (a length of unravelled fabric in a stocking, etc.)

Derived terms

• regata

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈrɛ.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈrə.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈre.ɣa]

Verb

rega

1. inflection of regar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rega”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Galician

Verb

rega

1. inflection of regar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Iban

Etymology

From Malay harga, from Sanskrit अर्घ (argha). Cognate of Javanese ꦉꦒ (rega, “price”).

Noun

rega

1. price

Javanese

Romanization

rega

1. romanization of ꦉꦒ

Kikuyu

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kurega as an equivalent of English refuse in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also “Nganyawa dialect” (spoken then in Kitui District) of Kamba gulea as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɾɛɣa/

Verb

rega (infinitive kũrega)

1. to refuse

Derived terms

(Proverbs)

• mũrega akĩĩrwo ndaregaga akĩhetwo
• mũ(ũ)ragwo tũhũ ndaregagwo nĩ hiti

See also

• kũima

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 362. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Anagrams

• gera

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अर्घ (argha). Doublet of harga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rə.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɡa, -a

Noun

rega (Jawi spelling رݢ, plural rega-rega or rega²)

1. (dialectal) price

References

• Kosakata Bahasa Sanskerta dalam Bahasa Melayu Masa Kini, Jakarta, Indonesia: Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa. Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 1994, →ISBN, page 77
• Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “رݢا rĕga”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 8
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “رݢ rĕga”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 334
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “rĕga”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 324

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrʲe.ɣa/

Verb

rega

1. first-person singular future absolute of téit

Verb

·rega

1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Mutation of rega

radical	lenition	nasalization
rega also rrega in h-prothesis environments	rega pronounced with /ɾʲ-/	rega also rrega

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈhɛ.ɡɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈhɛ.ɡɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈχɛ.ɡɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡa/ [ˈhɛ.ɡa]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈʁɛ.ɡɐ/ [ˈʁɛ.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: re‧ga

Etymology 1

Deverbal from regar.

Noun

rega f (plural regas)

1. irrigation

Etymology 2

Verb

rega

1. inflection of regar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “rega”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “rega”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *räkä.

Noun

rega

1. snot

Inflection

Inflection of rega (inflection type 5/sana)
nominative sing.	rega
genitive sing.	regan
partitive sing.	regad
partitive plur.	regoid
	singular	plural
nominative	rega	regad
accusative	regan	regad
genitive	regan	regoiden
partitive	regad	regoid
essive-instructive	regan	regoin
translative	regaks	regoikš
inessive	regas	regoiš
elative	regaspäi	regoišpäi
illative	regaha	regoihe
adessive	regal	regoil
ablative	regalpäi	regoilpäi
allative	regale	regoile
abessive	regata	regoita
comitative	reganke	regoidenke
prolative	regadme	regoidme
approximative I	reganno	regoidenno
approximative II	regannoks	regoidennoks
egressive	regannopäi	regoidennopäi
terminative I	regahasai	regoihesai
terminative II	regalesai	regoilesai
terminative III	regassai	—
additive I	regahapäi	regoihepäi
additive II	regalepäi	regoilepäi

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “сопли”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika