gaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gaa"

Translingual

Etymology

From English Ga with a as a placeholder.

Symbol

gaa

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ga.

See also

  • Wiktionary’s coverage of Ga terms

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old High German gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną. Compare German gehen, Dutch gaan, English go, Swedish , Crimean Gothic geen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɑː/

Verb

gaa (third-person singular simple present gaat, past participle ggange, past subjunctive gieng, auxiliary sii)

  1. to go
    • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:
      Dr Vater goht und lot's älei.
      The father goes, and leaves her alone.
    • 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):
      Ga, mach uf. Schnell, Carlo!
      Go and open the door. Quickly, Carlo!

Conjugation

Strong:

Conjugation of gaa – Urner dialect
infinitive gaa
past participle ggange
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
ich, i du er/si/es mir ir si
indicative present gaa gaasch gaat gaa gäänt, gëënt gaa
subjunctive present gëë, gäng, gängi gëëesch, gängesch gëë, gäng, gängi gëëe, gange gëëet, gange gëëe, gange
past gieng, giengi giengesch gieng, giengi gienge gienget gienge
imperative affirmative gang gänt, gënt

Mixed:

Conjugation of gaa – Urner dialect
infinitive gaa
past participle ggange
singular plural
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
ich, i du er/si/es mir ir si
indicative present gaa gaasch gaat gaa gäänt, gëënt gaa
subjunctive present gëë, gäng, gängi gëëesch, gängesch gëë, gäng, gängi gëëe, gange gëëet, gange gëëe, gange
past gät, gäti gätesch gät, gäti gäte gätet gäte
imperative affirmative gang gänt, gënt

References

Central Dusun

Noun

gaa

  1. award

Garo

Verb

gaa

  1. to climb

Kalkoti

Etymology

    Inherited from Sanskrit *गावा (*gāvā), from गो (), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

    Noun

    gaa

    1. cow

    References

    • Liljegren, Henrik (2013), “Notes on Kalkoti: A Shina Language with Strong Kohistani Influences”, in Linguistic Discovery[1], volume 11, number 1, →DOI

    Rohingya

    Etymology

    From Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, limb). Cognate with Assamese গা (ga).

    Noun

    gaa

    1. body

    Southeastern Tepehuan

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    gaa (plural gagaa, third person singular possession gaaꞌn)

    1. field

    Etymology 2

    Verb

    gaa

    1. past of gakiaꞌ

    References

    • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016), Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 59