inga

See also: ingå, Inga, and Iŋgá

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese ingá, borrowed from Old Tupi ingá, from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *iŋa.

Noun

inga (plural ingas)

1. (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
   • 1838, The British cyclopaedia, page 605:

     Here are the mimosas, the ingas, the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.

   • 1989, “Lost crops of the Incas”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 279:

     Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.

Translations

Translations

Guarayu: inga Nheengatu: ingá Old Tupi: ingá Pirahã: xopóogií Portuguese: ingá (pt) m

Further reading

• inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Agin, Agni, Angi, Gain, Gina, NGIA, Nagi, Ngai, a- -ing, ag'in, agin, gain, gain-, gina

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈŋaʔ/, [ɪˈŋʌʔ]

Noun

inga

1. mooing or lowing sound of cattle

   Synonym: amba

Dutch

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnɣaː/
• Hyphenation: in‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɪnɣaː

Verb

inga

1. inflection of ingaan:
   1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative
   2. (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive

Anagrams

• ga in

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

inga

1. (anatomy) ear