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inga

See also: ingå, Inga, and Iŋgá

English

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An inga.

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa.

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    inga (plural ingas)

    1. (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
      • 1838, The British cyclopaedia, page 605:
        Here are the mimosas, the ingas, the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.
      • 1989, “Lost crops of the Incas”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 279:
        Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.

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    Cebuano

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    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /iˈŋaʔ/, [ɪˈŋʌʔ]

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    inga

    1. mooing or lowing sound of cattle
      Synonym: amba

    Dutch

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɪnɣaː/
    • Hyphenation: in‧ga
    • Rhymes: -ɪnɣaː

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    inga

    1. inflection of ingaan:
      1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative
      2. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive

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    Eastern Bontoc

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    Noun

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    inga

    1. (anatomy) ear

    Hungarian

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    Etymology

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    From the ing variant of the verb inog (“to wobble”) +‎ -a (archaic participle suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. For the ending, compare hinta, csusza.[1]

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    • IPA(key): [ˈiŋɡɒ]
    • Hyphenation: in‧ga
    • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

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    inga (plural ingák)

    1. pendulum

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    Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
    singular plural
    nominative inga ingák
    accusative ingát ingákat
    dative ingának ingáknak
    instrumental ingával ingákkal
    causal-final ingáért ingákért
    translative ingává ingákká
    terminative ingáig ingákig
    essive-formal ingaként ingákként
    essive-modal — —
    inessive ingában ingákban
    superessive ingán ingákon
    adessive ingánál ingáknál
    illative ingába ingákba
    sublative ingára ingákra
    allative ingához ingákhoz
    elative ingából ingákból
    delative ingáról ingákról
    ablative ingától ingáktól
    non-attributive
    possessive - singular         		ingáé ingáké
    non-attributive
    possessive - plural         		ingáéi ingákéi
    Possessive forms of inga
    possessor single possession multiple possessions
    1st person sing. ingám ingáim
    2nd person sing. ingád ingáid
    3rd person sing. ingája ingái
    1st person plural ingánk ingáink
    2nd person plural ingátok ingáitok
    3rd person plural ingájuk ingáik

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    1. ^ inga in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

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    • inga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
    • inga in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

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    inga

    1. Rōmaji transcription of いんが

    Kankanaey

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    Etymology

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    Compare Tagalog tainga.

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    • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈʔiŋa/ [ˈʔi̞ː.ŋʌ]
    • Rhymes: -iŋa
    • Syllabification: i‧nga

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    ínga

    1. (anatomy) ear
      Synonym: keweng

    Limos Kalinga

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    inga

    1. (anatomy) ear

    Lubuagan Kalinga

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    inga

    1. (anatomy) ear

    Malay

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    inga (Jawi spelling ايڠا)

    1. to be agape

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    inga

    1. feminine singular of ingen

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    inga

    1. feminine singular of ingen

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    ingā

    1. inflection of ingān:
      1. first-person singular present indicative
      2. singular present subjunctive
      3. singular imperative

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    • IPA(key): /ˈɪŋˌa/, [ˈɪŋːˌâ]
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    inga

    1. plural of ingen

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    inga

    1. plural of ingen

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    inga (not comparable)

    1. (Finland, dialectal) not
      Synonyms: inte, ej, icke

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