aga

aga (plural agas)

1. Alternative spelling of agha
   • 1775, Chandler, Richard, Travels in Asia Minor, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 229:

     They were headed by a Chiauſh or the Meſſinger of an Aga, who commanded in a ſmall village to the weſt of Pambouk.

• GAA

aga

1. morning

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

• Hyphenation: a‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/

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ága

1. morning

   Coordinate terms: udto, hapon, banggi

aga

1. canoe

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 2

• (short form) gà
• (following some prepositions) -'ga

IPA^(key): /ˈæɡə/

aga

1. their

aga

1. morning

aga

1. but

• agha

From Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (ağa, “lord, master”).

aga m (plural agas)

1. aga, agha

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

aga

1. Alternative form of agás

aga (diminutive agá-ága)

1. morning

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (aghā, “lord”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡɒ]

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• Hyphenation: aga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

aga (plural agák)

1. agha

   A koppányi aga testamentuma (the title of a 1937 novel by István Fekete, cinematized in 1967[1])

   The Testament of Koppány’s Agha

• aga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
• aga in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

See the noun agi (“discipline”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

aga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative agaði, supine agað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to discipline

• agi (“discipline, constraint”)

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡa]
• Hyphenation: aga

From Malay aga, from Classical Malay اڬ‎ (aga).

aga

1. arrogant, conceited, haughty, snobbish.

   Synonyms: angkuh, sombong

From Kulisusu [Term?].

aga (first-person possessive agaku, second-person possessive agamu, third-person possessive aganya)

1. fish louse (Argulus spp.).

   Synonym: kutu ikan

• “aga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡə/

aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)

1. period of time, interval
2. distance

• agaigh (“space out, stagger”, verb)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “aga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

• agu (Sotavento)

From Portuguese água.

aga

1. (Barlavento) water

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

• IPA^(key): /aɣa/

aga (infinitive kwaga)

1. to lack, to miss, to fail to find

(Nouns)

• mwagi class 1

(Proverbs)

• ithĩnjĩro rĩtiagaga thakame
• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga
• ng'enda thĩ ndĩagaga mũtegi
• nyũngũ ya mũingĩ ndĩagaga mũteng'ũri
• riko na nda itiagaga
• thũ ndĩagaga mwenji

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 45.

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

aga

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

• ega (Cazét)

From Latin aqua.

aga f (plural [please provide])

1. (Brach) water

aga

1. if

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑː/

aga m (Arabic spelling ئاگا‎)

1. Alternative form of agah

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020), “aga”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

aga

1. to build

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to possess”). Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɣa/

āga

1. (auxiliary) to have to

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

From Proto-Germanic *agōną, related to agi (“terror”), from Proto-Germanic *agô, form of *agaz (“fear, dread”).

aga

1. to threaten
2. to look dangerous

• agi

• “aga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Borrowed from Turkish ağa (“lord”).[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

aga m pers

1. agha

• aga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

aga f (plural agale)

1. Alternative form of agă

aga

1. cooked rice

• aggek, aagig

Compare Norwegian akkar.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɡa/, /ˈaɡək/

aga (plural agas)

1. (Shetland) A variety of eight-armed cuttlefish

• “aga, n.” in the Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries.

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).

• IPA^(key): /ǎɡa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ga

àga m (Cyrillic spelling а̀га)

1. agha
2. (dated) master
3. (dated) patron

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-aga (infinitive kuaga)

1. to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something

   kuaga dunia ― to die (literally, “to say goodbye to the earth”)

• Verbal derivations:
  • Passive: -agwa

From Old Norse agi.

aga c

1. (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating

• agaförbud
• barnaga

From Old Norse aga.

aga (present agar, preterite agade, supine agat, imperative aga)

1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (ağa).

aga c

1. an agha (Turkish title)

• aga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

From Proto-Philippine *ága (“early; punctual”).

• Hyphenation: a‧ga
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/, [ˈʔa.ɣɐ]

aga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ)

1. earliness

   Synonyms: kaagahan, agap

2. (obsolete) eating breakfast

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

aga

1. to build

From Ottoman Turkish آغا‎ (aghā).

aga (definite accusative agayı, plural agalar)

1. (dialectal) big brother
2. (dialectal) rich man

• aga in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

agà

1. Tree hyrax; (in particular) the Dendrohyrax interfluvialis

   Synonym: ọ̀fàfà

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

agà

1. ladder

   Synonyms: àkàsọ̀, àkàbà

2. (idiomatic) pubescent age; the age at which one becomes sexually mature

• bàlágà (“to reach the age of puberty”)

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

agà

1. the tree Musanga cecropioides; also known as the African corkwood tree

Àga

Compare with Edo aga

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡā/

àga

1. chair, stool

   Synonyms: ìjókòó, òtìtà, ìpèkù, iján, àpótí

• alága (“chairperson”)