gege

See also: gēge, gége, gègè, gegë, gə̀gɛ́, and Gege

Alemannic German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gegen. Cognate with German gegen.

Preposition

gege

  1. against
    Mir hän gege si gspielt.We've played against them.

Adverb

gege

  1. towards, at around, at about (temporally)
    I chume so gege di Sibni.I'm coming at around seven o'clock.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡəɡə/ [ˈɡɨː.ɡɨ]
  • Rhymes: -əɡə
  • Syllabification: ge‧ge

Noun

gë́gë

  1. hatred, hate
    • 2014 September, “Tet-ewa Ay Layad”, performed by Jeffrey Ettie:
      San layadmo, adim tapian si gëgë
      San layad sin pusom, adim dadaëlën
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gége”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 167

Manchu

Romanization

gege

  1. romanization of ᡤᡝᡤᡝ

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German gegen.

Preposition

gege

  1. toward
    gege Nadde
    northwards
  2. against

Tagalog

Etymology

A reduplication of an apheresis of sige.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡeɡe/ [ˈɡɛː.ɣɛ]
  • Rhymes: -eɡe
  • Syllabification: ge‧ge

Interjection

gege (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜄᜒ) (slang)

  1. sure; okay; all right

Derived terms

Yoruba

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡè.ɡé/

Noun

gègé

  1. pen, pencil
    Synonyms: kálámù, báírò, kèké