gunga

gunga (uncountable)

1. Dated form of ganja.

• agung, ungag

gunga

1. definite nominative singular of gungë
2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of gungë

gunga

1. (of fruits or nuts that ripen in the sun) Unripe, green.
2. (in cooking) Raw, uncooked.
3. (of humans and animals) Alive.

When translating Dyirbal into English, to use the term 'raw' is a rough translation; it may be better to say not yet ready for eating. So, if asking a Dyirbal speaker if something may be eaten gunga, you’ll be self-contradictive (like asking Can I eat this inedible thing?).

• (antonym(s) of “unripe”): dungun
• (antonym(s) of “raw, uncooked”): nyamu
• (antonym(s) of “alive”): buga

Language in Danger, Andrew Dalby, 2003.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkuŋka/
• Rhymes: -uŋka

gunga f (genitive singular gungu, nominative plural gungur)

1. coward, craven

   Synonyms: heigull, skræfa, bleyða, kveif

• gungulegur
• gunguskapur

From Hindi गूंगा (gūṅgā).

gunga

1. mute (a person who cannot speak)

Onomatopoeic.

gunga c

1. a swing (hanging seat or foothold)

gunga (present gungar, preterite gungade, supine gungat, imperative gunga)

1. to (cause to) swing (on a swing or the like)
   • 1992, Benny Astor, Figge Boström, “Gunga [Swing]”‎^[1]performed by Apopocalyps:

     Kom och gung-gung-gunga. Gunga med mig. Så ska jag gung-gung-gunga. Jag ska gunga dig.

     Come and swing-swing-swing. Swing with me. And I will [shall] swing-swing-swing. I will swing you.

   1. to push (when sounding more idiomatic)

      bli gungad

      be pushed on a swing

2. to (cause to) rock, to sway (e.g. in a rocking chair, or of a person)

   Synonym: (smaller movements) vagga

   gunga i en gungstol

   rock in a rocking chair

To (cause to) move smoothly back and forth. Sometimes also used for vertical motions, like on a teeter-totter (gungbräda).

• gung
• gungbräda (“seesaw, teeter-totter”)
• gungig
• gungstol (“rocking chair”)
• gungning

• vagga

• gunga in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
• gunga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)