danga
Bambara
Noun
danga
- a curse
Verb
danga
- (transitive) to curse
Bariai
Noun
danga
References
- Steve Gallagher, Peirce Baehr, Bariai Grammar Sketch (2005)
Hausa
Etymology
Compare Kanuri dángá (“cornstalk fence”), Chadian Arabic دنقاي (dangāy, “prison”), Lame daŋgai (“prison”), Dangaléat dyegruwa (“stone wall”), Sidamo danqara (“bar”).
Pronunciation
Noun
dangā f (plural dangōgī, possessed form dangar̃)
Juba Arabic
Etymology
Borrowed from a local language. Compare Bari daŋ, Dinka dhaŋ, Southwestern Dinka dhaŋ.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdaŋa/, [ˈda.ŋa]
Noun
danga
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
- From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ.[1] For the cognates, see Lithuanian dangà.
Noun
danga f (4th declension)
- (dialectal) corner
Declension
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Synonyms
- kakts, stūris
References
- ^ 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
- From Proto-Balto-Slavic *dangāˀ.[1] Cognate with Latvian danga (“corner”),[1] Serbo-Croatian ду́га/dúga (“rainbow”).[1] See also dangùs (“sky”).
Noun
dangà f (plural dañgos) stress pattern 4 [2]
Declension
| 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
Related terms
Nouns related to danga
- apdanga f, apdangalas m
- dangtis m
- padanga f
- priedanga f
- uždanga f
(Verb)
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “danga” in Balčikonis, Juozas et al. (1954), Dabartinės lietuvių kalbos žodynas. Vilnius: Valstybinė politinės ir mokslinės literatūros leidykla.
- ^ “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
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)
- brand (on horses or cows)
Declension
| 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
- 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