unga

See also: -unga and UNGA

English

Noun

unga (plural ungas)

1. Sarotherodon linnellii, a cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon.
   • 1993, Endangered Wildlife of the World, volume 10, page 1317:

     One species in particular, the fissi (Sarotherodon caroli), is close to the unga.

See also

• unga bunga

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uŋka

Etymology 1

Related to the noun ungi (“hatchling”).

Verb

unga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ungaði, supine ungað)

1. to hatch

   Synonym: klekja

Conjugation

unga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að unga
supine (sagnbót)		ungað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ungandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég unga	við ungum	present (nútíð)	ég ungi	við ungum
	þú ungar	þið ungið		þú ungir	þið ungið
	hann, hún, það ungar	þeir, þær, þau unga		hann, hún, það ungi	þeir, þær, þau ungi
past (þátíð)	ég ungaði	við unguðum	past (þátíð)	ég ungaði	við unguðum
	þú ungaðir	þið unguðuð		þú ungaðir	þið unguðuð
	hann, hún, það ungaði	þeir, þær, þau unguðu		hann, hún, það ungaði	þeir, þær, þau unguðu
imperative (boðháttur)	unga (þú)	ungið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ungaðu	ungiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ungast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að ungast
supine (sagnbót)		ungast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		ungandist ** ** 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 ungast	við ungumst	present (nútíð)	ég ungist	við ungumst
	þú ungast	þið ungist		þú ungist	þið ungist
	hann, hún, það ungast	þeir, þær, þau ungast		hann, hún, það ungist	þeir, þær, þau ungist
past (þátíð)	ég ungaðist	við unguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég ungaðist	við unguðumst
	þú ungaðist	þið unguðust		þú ungaðist	þið unguðust
	hann, hún, það ungaðist	þeir, þær, þau unguðust		hann, hún, það ungaðist	þeir, þær, þau unguðust
imperative (boðháttur)	ungast (þú)	ungist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	ungastu	ungisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

ungaður — 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)	ungaður	unguð	ungað		ungaðir	ungaðar	unguð
accusative (þolfall)	ungaðan	ungaða	ungað		ungaða	ungaðar	unguð
dative (þágufall)	unguðum	ungaðri	unguðu		unguðum	unguðum	unguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	ungaðs	ungaðrar	ungaðs		ungaðra	ungaðra	ungaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	ungaði	ungaða	ungaða		unguðu	unguðu	unguðu
accusative (þolfall)	ungaða	unguðu	ungaða		unguðu	unguðu	unguðu
dative (þágufall)	ungaða	unguðu	ungaða		unguðu	unguðu	unguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	ungaða	unguðu	ungaða		unguðu	unguðu	unguðu

Derived terms

• ungun

Etymology 2

Noun

unga

1. indefinite accusative singular of ungi
2. indefinite dative singular of ungi
3. indefinite genitive singular of ungi
4. indefinite accusative plural of ungi
5. indefinite genitive plural of ungi

Italian

Verb

unga

1. inflection of ungere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ugna

Japanese

Romanization

unga

1. Rōmaji transcription of うんが

Macanese

Alternative forms

• ung'a, (archaic) ung-a, ungha
• 'nga (unstressed aphetic form)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Galician-Portuguese ũa, possibly through an intermediate form from Indo-Portuguese. Compare Galician unha, pronounced identically.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuŋa/

Article

unga

1. (indefinite) a, an, one

   abri'nga janela ― opening a window

   Dâ ung'a xicra di chá pa iou

   Bring me a cup of tea

Usage notes

• Macanese does not have a definite article.

Derived terms

• acunga, acung'a (“that”)
• cadunga, cadung'a (“every”)
• estunga, estung'a (“this”)
• destunga, destung'a (“this; that”)
• otrunga, otrung'a (“other, another”)
• qualunga, qualung'a (“which”)

Numeral

Macanese cardinal numbers

<  0	1	2  >
Cardinal : unga     Ordinal : primêro

unga

1. one

Usage notes

• The spelling ung'a is preferred by Maquista Chapado (2004), however unga with no apostrophe seems to be dominant in literature, and is also the spelling preferred by the group Dóci Papiaçám di Macau.
• The apostrophe is used to prevent pronunciation as /ˈuŋɡa/, although some speakers nonetheless pronounce it as such.

References

• https://www.macaneselibrary.org/pub/english/uipatua.htm
• Batalha, Graciete Nogueira (1988) “unga”, in Glossário do dialecto macaense: notas linguísticas, etnográficas e folclóricas [Glossary of the Macanese dialect: linguistic, ethnographic and folkloric notes], Macau: Instituto Cultural de Macau, page 553

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

unga m

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of unge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

unga m

1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of unge
   • 1879, Hallvard Berg, Segner fraa Bygdom, Christiania: Samlaget, page 93:

     "No, Unga, kunne de slutte mæ Lesnae ei Stund o høyre paa me."

     "Now, kids, you can stop with the reading for a while and listen to me."

Old Norse

Adjective

unga

1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular of ungr
2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural of ungr
3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular of ungr
4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular of ungr
5. positive degree weak neuter singular of ungr

Sácata

Etymology

Compare Chirino yungo.

Noun

unga

1. water

References

• Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• ungra

Etymology

Compare Italian unghia.

Noun

unga

1. fingernail

Shona

Etymology

From Swahili unga (“flour”).

Noun

unga class 14

1. gunpowder

Swahili

unga

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Noun

unga class XI (no plural)

1. flour

Verb

-unga (infinitive kuunga)

1. to join, accompany
2. (in reflexive forms) to subscribe

   Synonym: -shitariki

3. to season, add seasoning

Conjugation

Conjugation of -unga
Positive present -naunga Subjunctive -unge Negative -ungi Imperative singular unga
Infinitives
Positive kuunga Negative kutounga
Imperatives
Singular unga Plural ungeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huunga Positive past positive subject concord + -liunga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuunga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naunga) Singular Plural 1st person ninaunga/naunga tunaunga 2nd person unaunga mnaunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaunga wanaunga other classes positive subject concord + -naunga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -ungi) Singular Plural 1st person siungi hatuungi 2nd person huungi hamuungi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haungi hawaungi other classes negative subject concord + -ungi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taunga Negative future negative subject concord + -taunga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -unge) Singular Plural 1st person niunge tuunge 2nd person uunge muunge 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aunge waunge other classes positive subject concord + -unge
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siunge Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeunga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeunga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliunga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliunga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aunga) Singular Plural 1st person naunga twaunga 2nd person waunga mwaunga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aunga waunga m-mi(III/IV) waunga yaunga ji-ma(V/VI) launga yaunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaunga vyaunga n(IX/X) yaunga zaunga u(XI) waunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaunga pa(XVI) paunga mu(XVIII) mwaunga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meunga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaunga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaunga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiunga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipounga Consecutive kaunga / positive subject concord + -kaunga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaunge
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niunga -tuunga 2nd person -kuunga -waunga/-kuungeni/-waungeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -muunga -waunga m-mi(III/IV) -uunga -iunga ji-ma(V/VI) -liunga -yaunga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiunga -viunga n(IX/X) -iunga -ziunga u(XI) -uunga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuunga pa(XVI) -paunga mu(XVIII) -muunga Reflexive -jiunga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -unga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -ungaye -ungao m-mi(III/IV) -ungao -ungayo ji-ma(V/VI) -ungalo -ungayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -ungacho -ungavyo n(IX/X) -ungayo -ungazo u(XI) -ungao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -ungako pa(XVI) -ungapo mu(XVIII) -ungamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -unga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeunga -ounga m-mi(III/IV) -ounga -younga ji-ma(V/VI) -lounga -younga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chounga -vyounga n(IX/X) -younga -zounga u(XI) -ounga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kounga pa(XVI) -pounga mu(XVIII) -mounga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -ungia
  • Causative: -ungisha
  • Passive: -ungwa
  • Reciprocal: -ungana
  • Stative: -ungika
  • Other formations: -unga mkono (“to support”)

• Nominal derivations:
  • kiungo (“spice; joint”)
  • uungaji mkono (“support”)
  • uungaji

Swedish

Adjective

unga

1. inflection of ung:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Tagalog

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔuˈŋaʔ/ [ʔʊˈŋaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: u‧nga

Noun

ungâ (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ)

1. lowing or mooing of cattle

Derived terms

• pag-unga
• umunga

 

See also

• ungal

Further reading

• “unga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• uang

West Albay Bikol

Noun

unga

1. question