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See also: -unga and UNGA

English

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Noun

unga (plural ungas)

  1. Sarotherodon linnellii, a cichlid endemic to Lake Barombi Mbo in western Cameroon.
    • 1993, Endangered Wildlife of the World, volume 10, page 1317:
      One species in particular, the fissi (Sarotherodon caroli), is close to the unga.

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Icelandic

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Related to the noun ungi (“hatchling”).

Verb

unga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative ungaði, supine ungað)

  1. to hatch
    Synonym: klekja
Conjugation
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information infinitive nafnháttur, supine sagnbót ...
1 Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.
More information strong declension (sterk beyging), singular (eintala) ...
Derived terms
  • ungun

Etymology 2

Noun

unga

  1. indefinite accusative singular of ungi
  2. indefinite dative singular of ungi
  3. indefinite genitive singular of ungi
  4. indefinite accusative plural of ungi
  5. indefinite genitive plural of ungi
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Italian

Verb

unga

  1. inflection of ungere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

unga

  1. Rōmaji transcription of うんが

Macanese

Alternative forms

  • ung'a, (archaic) ung-a, ungha
  • 'nga (unstressed aphetic form)

Etymology

Ultimately from Old Galician-Portuguese ũa, possibly through an intermediate form from Indo-Portuguese. Compare Galician unha, pronounced identically.

Pronunciation

Article

unga

  1. (indefinite) a, an, one
    abri'nga janela ― opening a window
    Dâ ung'a xicra di chá pa iou
    Bring me a cup of tea

Usage notes

  • Macanese does not have a definite article.

Derived terms

Numeral

Macanese cardinal numbers
 <  0 1 2  > 
    Cardinal : unga
    Ordinal : primêro

unga

  1. one

Usage notes

  • The spelling ung'a is preferred by Maquista Chapado (2004), however unga with no apostrophe seems to be dominant in literature, and is also the spelling preferred by the group Dóci Papiaçám di Macau.
  • The apostrophe is used to prevent pronunciation as /ˈuŋɡa/, although some speakers nonetheless pronounce it as such.

References

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Noun

ungá

  1. question

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

unga m

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of unge

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

unga m

  1. (nonstandard, dialectal) definite plural of unge
    • 1879, Hallvard Berg, Segner fraa Bygdom, Christiania: Samlaget, page 93:
      "No, Unga, kunne de slutte mæ Lesnae ei Stund o høyre paa me."
      "Now, kids, you can stop with the reading for a while and listen to me."

Old Norse

Adjective

unga

  1. positive degree strong feminine accusative singular of ungr
  2. positive degree strong masculine accusative plural of ungr
  3. positive degree weak masculine oblique singular of ungr
  4. positive degree weak feminine nominative singular of ungr
  5. positive degree weak neuter singular of ungr

Sácata

Etymology

Compare Chirino yungo.

Noun

unga

  1. water

References

  • Willem F. H. Adelaar, The Languages of the Andes

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Italian unghia.

Noun

unga

  1. fingernail

Shona

Etymology

From Swahili unga (“flour”).

Noun

unga class 14

  1. gunpowder

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
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Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Noun

unga class XI (no plural)

  1. flour

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Verb

-unga (infinitive kuunga)

  1. to join, accompany
  2. (in reflexive forms) to subscribe
    Synonym: -shitariki
  3. to season, add seasoning
Conjugation
More information Conjugation of, Positive present ...
Derived terms

Swedish

Adjective

unga

  1. inflection of ung:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Tagalog

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

Noun

ungâ (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜅ)

  1. lowing or mooing of cattle

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • “unga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.

Anagrams

West Albay Bikol

Noun

unga

  1. question

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