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gaga

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English

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Etymology 1

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From French gaga.

Adjective

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gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)

  1. (informal) Mentally senile.
    The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
  2. (informal) Crazy.
    You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
    • 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, Viking, page ??:
      Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
  3. (informal) Infatuated.
    The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
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  • As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
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Etymology 2

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Noun

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gaga (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)

Balinese

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gaga

  1. Romanization of ᬕᬕ
  2. Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ

Barngarla

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gaga

  1. head

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Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish gaga.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡa.ɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

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gága

  1. (vulgar, offensive) feminine of gago

Etymology 2

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈɡaʔ.ɡaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

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gâgâ

  1. (Naga) act of boiling
    Synonym: laga
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French

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Etymology

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Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)

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gaga (plural gagas)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
  2. (informal) gaga (crazy)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
  3. (informal) gaga (infatuated)

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  • → English: gaga
  • ⇒ Italian: gagà
  • → Portuguese: gagá
  • → Romanian: gaga
  • → Spanish: gagá

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Ga

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gaga (plural gagai)

  1. any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

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Gamilaraay

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gaga

  1. wine

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  • (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga
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Adjective

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gaga (strong nominative masculine singular gagaer, not comparable)

  1. (predicative, colloquial) gaga

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  • “gaga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “gaga” in Duden online
  • “gaga” in Duden online

Iban

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Etymology 1

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

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gaga

  1. happy
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Etymology 2

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  • IPA(key): /ɡaɡaʔ/
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

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gaga

  1. make, do

Indonesian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, “dry field”), from Old Javanese gagā (“non-irrigated rice-field”)

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gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (agriculture) dry field
    Synonym: huma
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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gaga (plural gaga-gaga, first-person possessive gagaku, second-person possessive gagamu, third-person possessive gaganya)

  1. (zoology) blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper, yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus).

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Japanese

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gaga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of がが

Javanese

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gaga

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦒ

Kankanaey

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡaː.ɡʌ]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: ga‧ga

Noun

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gága

  1. act of chewing, munching, masticating

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References

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  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gága”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155

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gaga

  1. very

Portuguese

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  • Rhymes: -aɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga

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gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

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gaga

  1. feminine singular of gago

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French gaga.

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gaga m or f or n (indeclinable)

  1. (informal) gaga (senile)

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invariable singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite gaga gaga gaga gaga
definite — — — —
genitive-
dative 		indefinite gaga gaga gaga gaga
definite — — — —

Salar

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gaga (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])

  1. brother

Spanish

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gaga f (plural gagas)

  1. female equivalent of gago

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gaga f

  1. feminine singular of gago

Tagalog

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Spanish gaga, feminine form of gago.

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gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)

  1. feminine of gago
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gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)

  1. feminine of gago

Etymology 2

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Compare Malay gagah (“compulsive force; dominant; masterful; strong”).

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gagá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ)

  1. usurpation; unlawful seizure (of power, rights, property, etc.)
    Synonym: pangangagaw
  2. rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)
    Synonyms: gahasa, paggahasa
  3. gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
    Synonym: busal
  4. (obsolete) ban; prohibition
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Etymology 3

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gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. restlessness; mischief
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Etymology 4

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gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)

  1. name of the Baybayin letter ᜄ, corresponding to "ga"

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gagà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (botany, obsolete)

  1. a type of nettle

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Turkish

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gagalar

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From Ottoman Turkish غاغا.

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gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)

  1. bill, beak

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Inflection
Nominative gaga
Definite accusative gagayı
Singular Plural
Nominative gaga gagalar
Definite accusative gagayı gagaları
Dative gagaya gagalara
Locative gagada gagalarda
Ablative gagadan gagalardan
Genitive gaganın gagaların

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Yoruba

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gágà

  1. (rare) eyeglasses, goggles, sunshade
    Synonym: ìgò
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