ganga

From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.

ganga (plural gangas)

1. (dated) The sandgrouse.

ganga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ganja.

• A-gang, Gaang

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈɡaŋ.ɡə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈɡaŋ.ɡa]

Imitative. The sense of "bargain" stems from the fact that the sandgrouse is considered a less valuable form of game.

ganga f (plural gangues)

1. sandgrouse
2. bargain
3. (colloquial) windfall, gift

• gangues de l’ofici
• ganga eurasiàtica

• → English: ganga
• → French: ganga

Borrowed from French gangue.

ganga f (plural gangues)

1. (mining) gangue

• “ganga”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

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

• (Norðanfjørðs) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛŋka/
• (Sunnanfjørðs) IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋka/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋka

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

1. to walk

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ɡa/

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ganga m (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

• “ganga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• gagna

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

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

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?

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)

1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike

   Synonym: gönguferð

2. (in plural only) the annual herding of sheep

• fjallganga
• gönguferð
• göngutúr

ganga

1. indefinite genitive plural of göng

Borrowed from German Gang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: gàn‧ga

ganga f (plural ganghe)

1. gangue

• gange (e-infinitive)

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

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

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of gå

   Denne vegen er ikkje lett å ganga

   It is not easy to go this way

   Gjeng det bra med handa?

   Is it going well with (your) hand?

ganga (present tense gangar, past tense ganga, past participle ganga, passive infinitive gangast, present participle gangande, imperative ganga/gang)

1. (arithmetic) to multiply

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑn.ɡɑ/, [ˈɡɑŋ.ɡɑ]

ganga

1. genitive plural of gang

From Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Related to gengi (“luck, success; help, support”).

Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).

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

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

1. to go, walk

ganga

1. to go, to walk

Please add the conjugation table if you are used to Old Swedish verbs.

• Swedish: gånga

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: gan‧ga

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang.^[1]

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore) [from 19th c.]
2. (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)

   Synonyms: bagatela, bugiganga

3. (Brazil, colloquial, obsolete) money^[2]

Borrowed from Mandarin káng. First attested in the 16th century.^[1](Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced? Particularly: “what's the exact chinese term and meaning?”)

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. denim (textile)

   Synonyms: jeans, brim

2. (in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonym: jeans

3. (Brazil) A variety of cotton plant with brown fiber

   Synonym: algodoim

Borrowed from Spanish ganga.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

   Synonym: cortiçol

From Gaulish *cambica "bent log", derivative of cambos (“twisted, crooked”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *kambos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of canga.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (historical) cangue

Borrowed from English gang.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Brazil, obsolete) gang (group of criminals)

   Synonym: gangue

Borrowed from Kimbundu nganga (“sorcerer”).

ganga m (plural gangas)

1. (Angola) sorcerer

Borrowed from Bengali গন্ডার (gonḍar), from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍa). Doublet of ganda.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (India, dated) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

Unknown.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Brazil) a set of matches in a board game, specially backgammon

Borrowed from Guinea-Bissau Creole [Term?].

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (dated) black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)

   Synonym: grou-coroado

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ganga.

• “ganga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “ganga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “ganga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “ganga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanɡa/ [ˈɡãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: gan‧ga

Imitative of the bird's call.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. bargain (advantageous purchase)

   Synonyms: bicoca, chollo, (El Salvador) cachada

   • 2013 November 7, “A la caza del ofertón en coches de segunda mano”, in Cinco Días‎^[1]:

     Pero lo que verdaderamente interesa es encontrar la ganga, el chollo, el ofertón.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)

• Ganga is a false friend, and in most regions does not mean "gang". The words for "gang" in Spanish are pandilla and mara.

Borrowed from English gang.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Puerto Rico) gang

   Synonyms: pandilla, mara

Borrowed from French gangue.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. gangue

• “ganga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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-ganga (infinitive kuganga)

1. to heal, to cure

Conjugation of -ganga
Positive present -naganga Subjunctive -gange Negative -gangi Imperative singular ganga
Infinitives
Positive kuganga Negative kutoganga
Imperatives
Singular ganga Plural gangeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huganga Positive past positive subject concord + -liganga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuganga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naganga) Singular Plural 1st person ninaganga/naganga tunaganga 2nd person unaganga mnaganga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaganga wanaganga other classes positive subject concord + -naganga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -gangi) Singular Plural 1st person sigangi hatugangi 2nd person hugangi hamgangi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hagangi hawagangi other classes negative subject concord + -gangi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taganga Negative future negative subject concord + -taganga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -gange) Singular Plural 1st person nigange tugange 2nd person ugange mgange 3rd person m-wa(I/II) agange wagange other classes positive subject concord + -gange
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sigange Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeganga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeganga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliganga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliganga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aganga) Singular Plural 1st person naganga twaganga 2nd person waganga mwaganga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aganga waganga m-mi(III/IV) waganga yaganga ji-ma(V/VI) laganga yaganga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaganga vyaganga n(IX/X) yaganga zaganga u(XI) waganga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaganga pa(XVI) paganga mu(XVIII) mwaganga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meganga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaganga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaganga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiganga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoganga Consecutive kaganga / positive subject concord + -kaganga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kagange
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niganga -tuganga 2nd person -kuganga -waganga/-kugangeni/-wagangeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mganga -waganga m-mi(III/IV) -uganga -iganga ji-ma(V/VI) -liganga -yaganga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiganga -viganga n(IX/X) -iganga -ziganga u(XI) -uganga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuganga pa(XVI) -paganga mu(XVIII) -muganga Reflexive -jiganga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -ganga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -gangaye -gangao m-mi(III/IV) -gangao -gangayo ji-ma(V/VI) -gangalo -gangayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -gangacho -gangavyo n(IX/X) -gangayo -gangazo u(XI) -gangao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -gangako pa(XVI) -gangapo mu(XVIII) -gangamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -ganga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeganga -oganga m-mi(III/IV) -oganga -yoganga ji-ma(V/VI) -loganga -yoganga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choganga -vyoganga n(IX/X) -yoganga -zoganga u(XI) -oganga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koganga pa(XVI) -poganga mu(XVIII) -moganga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• mganga
• uganga

-ganga

1. to be naughty, to be mischievous

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

-ganga

1. (intransitive) to be impudent, to be mischievous, to be naughty

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ganga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ganga (6.6.3)”