ga

Clipping of Irish Gaeilge or English Gaelic.

ga

1. (international standards) ISO 639-1 language code for Irish.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Irish terms

ga

1. rain

• transnewguinea.org, citing both Wilson (1969) and McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
• James Farr, Robert Larson, A Selective Word List in Ten Different Binandere Languages
• Papers in New Guinea Linguistics (1971), issues 8-9, pages 80-81, using a wordlist furnished by Capell

ga

1. (Mpakwithi) mouth

ga

1. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to poke
2. (transitive, Mpakwithi) to peel

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 185

From Proto-Nuristani, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

ga (Sanu)^[1]

1. cow

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (Thai spelling กงา)

1. I

ga

1. forms simple future constructions

   E tata ge valai kuduvi. ― My father will come tomorrow.

   1. preceding a numeral, forming the imperative or future (see usage notes)
2. with intent to, for the purpose of

   I vano tura-na a ligo vona na robo ge pango.

   He went with his dogs to the bush to hunt.

3. forms deontic constructions

   A koma bakovi ge hae-a a roho ge mahita vona.

   A young man should build a men's house and sleep in it.

4. forms conditional habitual constructions

   A mosi ge bele taho, ioe o mata-kari kamumu.

   Whenever a visitor comes to you, take good care of him.

5. follows a negated noun phrase

   Uka tara bakovi ge ngar=oe. ― No one will want you.

Numerals are typically preceded by i or ala, but are instead preceded by ga in the future and imperative:

Si	gi	rakoli	na	parava	ge	lima.
1.PL.IN	IRR	rest	OBL	day	IRR.3.SG	five
"Let's rest for five days."

• René van den Berg, Brent Wiebe (2019), Bola Grammar Sketch (Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages; 63)‎^[3], Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL Printing Press, →ISBN, page 133

ga

1. and

• M.P. Wilkinson, Djambarrpuyŋu: A Yolŋu Variety of Northern Australia (1991), p. 393
• Margit Bowler and Vanya Kapitonov, Towards a typology of quantification in Australian languages (2018), p. 17

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-ga.

ga

1. saddle

• Ross Perlin (2019), A Grammar of Trung‎^[4], Santa Barbara: University of California

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• Rhymes: -aː
• IPA^(key): /ɣaː/

ga

1. inflection of gaan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative
   4. (dated or formal) singular present subjunctive

ga

1. metal
2. money

• IPA^(key): /ŋaː/

ga

1. only

ga

1. but

• ia

ga

1. duck

From French gare.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga

1. station, terminal

• Targète, Jean; Urciolo, Raphael (1993), Haitian Creole-English Dictionary‎^[5], Dunwoody Press, →ISBN, page 72

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣaya, an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, metathesis of *wakaʀ (“root”). Cognate with Mwotlap ga and Lo-Toga gi, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa (whence Tongan kava).

• IPA^(key): /ɣa/

ga

1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

• p.507 of: Alexandre François (2010), Pragmatic demotion and clause dependency: On two atypical subordinating strategies in the Lo-Toga and Hiw (Torres, Vanuatu), in Isabelle Bril (ed.), Clause Linking and Clause Hierarchy (Studies in Language Companion Series 121), 499–548. Amsterdam: Benjamins.

ga

1. alternative form of (eng)gak

• gae, gath

Apparently a conflation of Old Irish gath,^[1] goth (“spear”)^[2] with the synonymous gae (“spear”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *gaisos (“spear”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰays- (“spear”). Cognate with Welsh gwayw and Latin gaesum (a Gaulish loanword) as well as Old English gār.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/^[4]
• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɞhə/^[5]
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ɡah/^[6]

ga m (genitive singular ga or gaoi, nominative plural gathanna or gaoi or gaoithe)

1. spear (long stick with a sharp tip), dart
2. dart, sting

   Chuir an cat a gha ann. ― The cat clawed him.

3. ray (beam of light or radiation)
4. (geometry) radius (line segment between any point on the circumference of a circle and its center; length of this segment)
5. (medicine) suppository
6. (fishing) gaff
7. only used in ga seá

• Alternative genitive singular: gaoi
• Alternative plural forms: gaoi, gaoithe

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “ga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “ga”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 341
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “ga”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “ga”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

ga

1. The hiragana syllable が (ga) or the katakana syllable ガ (ga) in Hepburn romanization.

• IPA^(key): /ˈⁿɡa/

ga

1. earth; land

• Ursula Gojtéj Wiesemann (2011), “ga”, in Dicionário Kaingang-Português Português-Kaingang, 2nd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Curitiba: Editora Esperança, page 19

ga

1. (Eastern Lombard) there (in the expression of "there be")

• (Western Lombard): ghe

ga m or f

1. (Eastern Lombard) him; her/it (dative case)
2. (Eastern Lombard) them (dative case)

• (Western Lombard): ghe

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga

1. when

• gdy

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “ga”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “ga”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

ga (ga⁵ / ga⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄍㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 價 / 价

ga

1. nonstandard spelling of gā
2. nonstandard spelling of gá
3. nonstandard spelling of gǎ
4. nonstandard spelling of gà

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

ga

1. though, although

   V'eh yn fer toshee dy feer, ga nagh row yn ennym er.

   He was leader in deed though not in name.

2. albeit

gâ

1. inflection of gâen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. first/third-person singular present subjunctive

ga

1. (Early Middle English, Northern) alternative form of gon (“to go”)

From Proto-Torres-Banks *ɣaya, an irregular reflex of Proto-Oceanic *kawaʀ, metathesis of *wakaʀ (“root”). Cognate with Hiw ga and Lo-Toga gi, and also with Proto-Polynesian *kawa (whence Tongan kava).

• IPA^(key): /ɣa/

ga (determinate naga)

1. kava plant, Piper methysticum
2. kava, an intoxicating beverage made from the kava plant.

• François, Alexandre. 2026. Online Mwotlap–English–French cultural dictionary. Electronic files. Paris: CNRS (Pdf version). – entry ga.

From Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Related to Persian گاو (gâv).

• Rhymes: -ɑː

ga ?

1. ox
2. bull

• gav

ga

1. simple past of gi

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː

gā

1. inflection of gān:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive

From Sanskrit किम् (kim, “what? why? (interrogative particle)”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. any
2. what (kind), which

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “ga”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[6], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985), “ga”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (indefinite, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. what
2. that

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “ga”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[7], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (conjunction, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. Complementizer/relativizer
2. that
3. which
4. who
5. where

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “ga”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[8], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

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

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/

ga (modal, Perso-Arabic spelling گہ)

1. Marker of inferred, assumed or presumed knowledge

• Henrik Liljegren; Naseem Haider (2011), “ga”, in Palula Vocabulary (FLI Language and Culture Series; 7)‎^[9], Islamabad, Pakistan: Forum for Language Initiatives, →ISBN

Onomatopoeic.

ga

1. sound made by geese

Contraction of aig (“at”) +‎ a (“his; her; its”)

• (Lewis, Wester Ross) IPA^(key): /ɣa(ː)/^[1][2][3]
• (Southern Hebridean, Skye) IPA^(key): /ɡ̊a/^[4][5]
• (South Argyll) IPA^(key): /ɡ̊ɑ/^[6]

ga (+ dative, triggers lenition)

1. him, it (direct object)

   Bha sinn ga thuigsinn. ― We understood it.

ga (+ dative, triggers H-prothesis)

1. her, it (direct object)

   Cha bhi mi ga tachairt. ― I won't be meeting her.

   An robh thu ga h-ithe? ― Were you eating it?

ga (Cyrillic spelling га)

1. of him (clitic genitive singular of ȏn (“he”))
2. him (clitic accusative singular of ȏn (“he”))
3. of it (clitic genitive singular of òno (“it”))
4. it (clitic accusative singular of òno (“it”))

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *kъgъdy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ga

ga

1. introduces either a dependent or interrogative clause in reference to time; when

ga

1. when, as; while (at the time that)
2. when; if (under the condition that)
3. when; because

ga (not comparable)

1. sometime (at some undetermined time)

• Lorentz, Friedrich (1908), Slovinzisches Wörterbuch‎^[10] (in German), volume 1, Saint Petersburg: ОРЯС ИАН, page 253

ga

1. romanization of 𒂵 (ga)

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ɡa/ [ɡɐ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ga

Possibly a shortened form of baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ba. Cognate with Cebuano ba and Malagasy va.

ga (Baybayin spelling ᜄ) (dialectal, Batangas, Quezon, Mindoro, Marinduque)

1. marks a sentence as interrogative

   Synonyms: ba, (dialectal) baga

Influenced by Baybayin character ᜄ (ga).

ga (Baybayin spelling ᜄ)

1. the name of the Latin script letter G/g, in the Abakada alphabet

   Synonyms: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyi, (in the Abecedario) ge

• “ga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*ba₅”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

ga

1. skunk

• Gamarra A., Enrique; Villagra S., Inocencio (1980), Llëbo ñaglo lok kibokwogo ëre e lanyo = Vocabulario ilustrado teribe-español‎^[11] (overall work in Teribe and Spanish), Instituto Nacional de Cultura & Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 9

ga

1. third-person singular present indicative of gaver

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ɣaː˧˧]

From French gare.

ga (𥩤)

1. train station

From French gaz (“gas”), from Dutch gas.

ga (𪵤)

1. gas, such as propane and/or butane, used for a gas stove; compare khí (“gas as a chemical substance”)

   bình ga ― a gas tank

2. carbon dioxide used for a carbonated drink

   nước ngọt có ga ― a sweet carbonated drink

3. lighter fluid

   Bật lửa này hết ga rồi.

   This lighter's run out of fluid.

4. (automotive) the ignited mixture of fuel and air that powers an engine; not to be confused with xăng (“gasoline”)

   xe bị rồ/oà ga ― a motorcycle with a broken throttle that accelerates while the twistgrip is released

   Nổ nãy giờ mà chẳng có ga gì hết !

   I've been trying to start my bike for hours and it's still not working!

   chạy tẹt ga ― to step on it/on the gas; to floor it; to put your foot down; to run full throttle

ga

1. (Southern Vietnam, especially Mekong Delta) pronunciation spelling of ra (“bed sheet”)

• IPA^(key): /ɡaː/

ga

1. soft mutation of ca

ga

1. jackrabbit

From Mandarin 尕 (gǎ).

• IPA^(key): [ka]

ga

1. small (in size, number, etc.)

   je-ge jjhakai zhungo kan-la xaige ga-li.

   This country is much smaller than China.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 146)

   dangga gejhai-mu ga-de shai-la ha xaitang-li da gu qhi-de yi-zek ra mi-li.

   None of our schoolchildren goes to Chinese school [i.e. schools where the medium of education is Mandarin] at the very young age.

   (Quoted in Sandman, p. 355)

• Juha Janhunen, Marja Peltomaa, Erika Sandman, Xiawu Dongzhou (2008), Wutun (LINCOM's Descriptive Grammar Series), volume 466, LINCOM Europa, →ISBN
• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[12], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

ga

1. alternative form of gae
   • 1927, “PAUDEEN FOUGHLAAN'S WEDDEEN”, in THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD, page 133, line 8:

     An Paudeen hay ga her a mighty smugal.

     And Paddy, he gave her a mighty smack.

• Kathleen A. Browne (1927), “THE ANCIENT DIALECT OF THE BARONIES OF FORTH AND BARGY, COUNTY WEXFORD.”, in Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of lreland (Sixth Series)‎^[13], volume 17, number 2, Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland, page 133

• IPA^(key): /ɡà/

gà

1. to set up a collapsible device; to open out; to spread out

   Bá mi ga agbòjò yìí ― Help me open this umbrella

2. to gape open

   Ilẹ̀ á gà jù ọ́ lọ ― The ground shall open and swallow you up

• ga before a direct object

• IPA^(key): /ɡà/

1. to set someone up for a joke; (literally) to make someone believe what may not be true of themselves in a joking manner

   mo ń gà ẹ́ ni ― I am only setting you up for a joke

2. (transitive) to tickle

   Synonyms: rìn, rìn ní ìgàkè, gà léèégìnnì, rìn léèégìnnì

• ga before a direct object

• ìgàkè (“tickle”)
• èégìnnì (“tickle”)
• ẹ̀fẹ̀ (“joke”)
• àwàdà (“comedy”)

• IPA^(key): /ɡā/

ga

1. to be tall

   Antonym: kúrú

2. (idiomatic) to be beyond that which can be tolerated or described

Yoruba varieties and languages: ga (“to be tall”)
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Language family	Variety group	Variety/language	Subdialect	Location	Words
Proto-Itsekiri-SEY	Southeast Yoruba	Eastern Àkókó	Àkùngbá	Àkùngbá Àkókó	gùn
		Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú	Ìjẹ̀bú Òde	gọn
			Rẹ́mọ	Ẹ̀pẹ́	gọn
				Ìkòròdú	gọn
				Ṣágámù	gọn
		Ìkálẹ̀ (Ùkálẹ̀)		Òkìtìpupa	go
		Oǹdó		Oǹdó	go
		Usẹn		Usẹn	gùn
	Ìtsẹkírì			Ìwẹrẹ	go
Proto-Yoruba	Central Yoruba	Èkìtì	Èkìtì	Àdó Èkìtì	ga
			Àkúrẹ́	Àkúrẹ́	ga
			Mọ̀bà	Ọ̀tùn Èkìtì	ga
		Ifẹ̀ (Ufẹ̀)		Ilé Ifẹ̀ (Ulé Ufẹ̀)	go
		Òkè Igbó		Òkè Igbó	go
	Northwest Yoruba	Àwórì		Èbúté Mẹ́tà	ga
		Ẹ̀gbádò		Ìjàká	ga
		Èkó		Èkó	ga
		Ìbàdàn		Ìbàdàn	ga
		Ìbàràpá		Igbó Òrà	ga
		Ìbọ̀lọ́		Òṣogbo (Òsogbo)	ga
		Ìlọrin		Ìlọrin	ga
		Oǹkó		Òtù	ga
				Ìwéré Ilé	ga
				Òkèhò	ga
				Ìsẹ́yìn	ga
				Ṣakí	ga
				Tedé	ga
				Ìgbẹ́tì	ga
		Ọ̀yọ́		Ọ̀yọ́	ga
		Standard Yorùbá		Nàìjíríà	ga
				Bɛ̀nɛ̀	ga
	Northeast Yoruba/Okun	Ìyàgbà		Ìsánlú Ìtẹ̀dó	ga
		Owé		Kabba	ga
	Ede languages/Southwest Yoruba	Cábɛ̀ɛ́		Cábɛ̀ɛ́ (Ìdàdú)	gù
				Tchaourou	gù, ga
		Ǹcà (Ìcà, Ìncà)		Baàtɛ	gù, ga
		Ìdàácà	Benin	Igbó Ìdàácà (Dasa Zunmɛ̀)	gù
		Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí-Ìjè	Ọ̀họ̀rí/Ɔ̀hɔ̀rí/Ìjè	Ìkpòbɛ́	ga
				Onigbolo	ga
			Kétu/Ànàgó	Kétu	gù
		Ifɛ̀		Akpáré	ga, gù
				Atakpamɛ	ga, gù
				Boko	ga
				Tchetti (Tsɛti, Cɛti)	ga, gù
		Northern Nago		Kambole	ɡã
				Manigri	gù
Note: This amalgamation of terms comes from a number of different academic papers focused on the unique varieties and languages spoken in the Yoruboid dialectal continuum which extends from eastern Togo to southern Nigeria. The terms for spoken varieties, now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria (i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá), have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá (Funṣọ Akere, 1977). It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms, especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi, nor the Èdè Languages of Benin and Togo.

• IPA^(key): /ɡá/

gá

1. to stand aloof
2. to become tired or fed up

   Synonym: gọ́

   ọ̀rọ̀ náàá gá mi ― This matter has caused me to be fed up

From Proto-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws. Related to Persian گاو (gâv).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɡɑ]
• Hyphenation: ga

ga m

1. ox
2. bull
3. (astronomy, astrology) Taurus

From Proto-Tai *p.qaːᴬ (“leg”). Cognate with Thai ขา (kǎa), Northern Thai ᨡᩣ, Lao ຂາ (khā), Lü ᦃᦱ (ẋaa), Shan ၶႃ (khǎa), Tai Nüa ᥑᥣᥴ (xáa), Ahom 𑜁𑜡 (khā), Bouyei gal.

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ka˨˦/
• Tone numbers: ga¹
• Hyphenation: ga

ga (Sawndip forms 𮛑 or 胩 or 跏 or 軻, 1957–1982 spelling ga)

1. (anatomy) leg
2. leg (of a chair, table, etc.)

ga (1957–1982 spelling ga)

1. quarter of (a butchered four-legged animal)
2. one of a pair of long, thin objects (shoes, socks, gloves, chopsticks, etc.)