galga

See also: kalka

Basque

Noun

galga

  1. brake

Gothic

Romanization

galga

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰𐌻𐌲𐌰

Guugu Yimidhirr

Alternative forms

  • kalka (1898: Richard Phillips, ‘Vocabulary of Australian Aborigines in the neighbourhood of Cooktown, North Queensland’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, volume 27)

Etymology

From Proto-Paman *kalka, from Proto-Pama-Nyungan *kalka.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡalɡa/

Noun

galga

  1. spear

Synonyms

See also

  • banydyarr
  • digarra
  • murranggal
  • yinba

References

  • Barry Alpher Proto-Pama-Nyungan etyma, in Australian Languages: Classification and the Comparative Method, edited by Claire Bowern and Harold Koch (Amsterdam/Philadelphia: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 2004)
  • Haviland, John B. 1979. ‘Guugu Yimidhirr Sketch Grammar’. R. M. W. Dixon, B. Blake (eds.) Handbook of Australian Languages, Vol I.

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -awɡa

Verb

galga

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of galgar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of galgar

Spanish

Noun

galga f (plural galgas)

  1. greyhound
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