danga

See also: dãngã and dänga

Bambara

Noun

danga

  1. a curse

Verb

danga

  1. (transitive) to curse

Bariai

Noun

danga

  1. thing

References

Hausa

Etymology

Compare Kanuri dángá (cornstalk fence), Chadian Arabic دنقاي (dangāy, prison), Lame daŋgai (prison), Dangaléat dyegruwa (stone wall), Sidamo danqara (bar).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dán.ɡáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [dáŋ.ɡáː]

Noun

dangā f (plural dangōgī, possessed form dangar̃)

  1. cornstalk fence
    Synonym: darni

Juba Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from a local language. Compare Bari daŋ, Dinka dhaŋ, Southwestern Dinka dhaŋ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaŋa/, [ˈda.ŋa]

Noun

danga

  1. bow

References

  • Ian Smith, Morris Timothy Ama (1985) A Dictionary of Juba Arabic & English[1], 1st edition, Juba: The Committee of The Juba Cheshire Home and Centre for Handicapped Children, page 129

Latvian

Etymology

Noun

danga f (4th declension)

  1. (dialectal) corner

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

  • kakts, stūris

References

  1. ^ Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114

Lithuanian

Etymology

Noun

dangà f (plural dañgos) stress pattern 4 [2]

  1. clothes
  2. something covering another thing; cover[3]
    sniẽgo dangà[2] - lying snow

Declension

Declension of dangà
singular
(vienaskaita)
plural
(daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) dangà dañgos
genitive (kilmininkas) dangõs dangų̃
dative (naudininkas) dañgai dangóms
accusative (galininkas) dañgą dangàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) dangà dangomi̇̀s
locative (vietininkas) dangojè dangosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) dañga dañgos

Synonyms

  • (clothes): apdaras, drabužis, rūbas
  • (cover): apdangalas, uždanga
Nouns related to danga
  • apdanga f, apdangalas m
  • dangtis m
  • padanga f
  • priedanga f
  • uždanga f

(Verb)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Derksen, Rick (2008) Etymological Dictionary of the Slavic Inherited Lexicon (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 4), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 114
  2. 2.0 2.1 “danga” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
  3. ^ “danga” in Martsinkyavitshute, Victoria (1993), Hippocrene Concise Dictionary: Lithuanian-English/English-Lithuanian. New York: Hippocrene Books. →ISBN

Minangkabau

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *dəŋər, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dəŋəʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *dəŋəʀ.

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

danga

  1. to hear, to listen

Further reading

  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*deŋeR”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish تمغا (damga), from Proto-Common Turkic *tamga.

Noun

danga f (plural dangale)

  1. brand (on horses or cows)

Declension

Declension of danga
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative danga dangaua dangale dangalele
genitive-dative dangale dangalei dangale dangalelor
vocative danga dangalelor

Silesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaŋ.ɡa/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aŋɡa
  • Syllabification: dan‧ga

Noun

danga f

  1. alternative form of dynga

Further reading

  • Barbara Podgórska, Adam Podgóski (2008) “danga”, in Słownik gwar śląskich [A dictionary of Silesian dialects] (in Polish), Katowice: Wydawnictwo KOS, →ISBN, page 67