ganga

See also: Ganga, gāngà, gänga, and gånga

English

Etymology

From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.

Noun

ganga (plural gangas)

  1. (dated) sandgrouse

Anagrams

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛŋka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛŋka

Verb

ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)

  1. to walk

Conjugation

French

Etymology

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃ɡa/

Noun

ganga m (plural gangas)

  1. sandgrouse

Further reading

Anagrams

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkauŋka/
  • Rhymes: -auŋka

Verb

ganga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk, third-person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)

  1. (intransitive) to walk
    Hvert viltu ganga?
    Where do you want to walk to?
  2. (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run
    Gengur klukkan?
    Does the clock work?
  3. (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go
    Hreinsunin gengur vel.
    The cleaning is going well.
  4. (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do
    Heldurðu að þessi kjóll gangi ekki við rauðu kápuna mína?
    Don't you think this dress will go with my red coat?

Conjugation

gangast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)
infinitive
(nafnháttur)		 að gangast
supine
(sagnbót)		 gangist
present participle
(lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		 gangandist **
** 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 gengst við göngumst present
(nútíð)		 ég gangist við göngumst
þú gengst þið gangist þú gangist þið gangist
hann, hún, það gengst þeir, þær, þau gangast hann, hún, það gangist þeir, þær, þau gangist
past
(þátíð)		 ég gekkst við gengumst past
(þátíð)		 ég gengist við gengjumst
þú gekkst þið gengust þú gengist þið gengjust
hann, hún, það gekkst þeir, þær, þau gengust hann, hún, það gengist þeir, þær, þau gengjust
imperative
(boðháttur)		 gakkst (þú) gangist (þið)
Forms with appended personal pronoun
gakkstu gangisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

Derived terms

Noun

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)

  1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike
  2. (in plural only) the annual herding of sheep

Declension

Synonyms

Derived terms

Noun

ganga

  1. indefinite genitive plural of göng

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English gang.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa/, [ˈɡäŋɡä]
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
  • Stress: gànga
  • Hyphenation: gan‧ga

Noun

ganga f (plural ganghe)

  1. (dated) Italianized form of gang
    1. (rare) A criminal group.
    2. (humorous) A group of people.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

ganga (present tense gjeng, past tense gjekk, past participle gjenge or gjengi, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)

  1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by gå

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).

Pronunciation

  • (12th century Icelandic) IPA(key): /ˈɡɑ̃ŋɡɑ/

Verb

ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn)

  1. to go, walk

Conjugation

Conjugation of ganga — mediopassive (strong class 7)
infinitive gangask
present participle gangandisk
past participle gengizk, gingizk
indicative present past
1st-person singular gǫngumk gengumk, gingumk
2nd-person singular gengsk gekkzk
3rd-person singular gengsk gekksk
1st-person plural gǫngumsk gengumsk, gingumsk
2nd-person plural gangizk genguzk, ginguzk
3rd-person plural gangask gengusk, gingusk
subjunctive present past
1st-person singular gǫngumk gengumk, gingumk
2nd-person singular gangisk gengisk, gingisk
3rd-person singular gangisk gengisk, gingisk
1st-person plural gangimsk gengimsk, gingimsk
2nd-person plural gangizk gengizk, gingizk
3rd-person plural gangisk gengisk, gingisk
imperative present
2nd-person singular gangsk
1st-person plural gǫngumsk
2nd-person plural gangizk

Derived terms

  • ganga fram
  • ganga fyrir
  • ganga í
  • ganga með
  • ganga milli
  • ganga móti
  • ganga nær
  • ganga saman
  • ganga sundr
  • ganga til
  • ganga um
  • ganga undan

Descendants

  • Norwegian:
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: ganga (archaic)
  • Old Swedish: ganga

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gangue.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

  1. (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
  2. (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)
Synonyms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Mandarin [Term?].

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

  1. denim (textile)
  2. (in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)
Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology 1

Imitative of the bird's call.

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

  1. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)
  2. bargain (advantageous purchase)
Usage notes
Synonyms
  • (advantageous purchase): bicoca f

Etymology 2

From English gang

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

  1. (Puerto Rico) gang
Synonyms

Etymology 3

From French gangue

Noun

ganga f (plural gangas)

  1. gangue
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