ganga

From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.

ganga (plural gangas)

1. (dated) The sandgrouse.

ganga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ganja

• A-gang, Gaang

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɡaŋ.ɡa/

Imitative. The sense of "bargain" stems from the fact that the sandgrouse is considered a less valuable form of game.

ganga f (plural gangues)

1. sandgrouse
2. bargain
3. (colloquial) windfall, gift

• gangues de l’ofici
• ganga eurasiàtica

From French gangue.

ganga f (plural gangues)

1. (mining) gangue

• “ganga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛŋka/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋka

ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)

1. to walk

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ɡa/

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ganga m (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

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

• gagna

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkauŋka/
• Rhymes: -auŋka

ganga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk, third-person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)

1. (intransitive) to walk

   Hvert viltu ganga?

   Where do you want to walk to?

2. (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run

   Gengur klukkan?

   Does the clock work?

3. (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go

   Hreinsunin gengur vel.

   The cleaning is going well.

4. (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do

   Heldurðu að þessi kjóll gangi ekki við rauðu kápuna mína?

   Don't you think this dress will go with my red coat?

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)

1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike
2. (in plural only) the annual herding of sheep

• gönguferð

• fjallganga
• gönguferð
• göngutúr

ganga

1. indefinite genitive plural of göng

Borrowed from German Gang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: gàn‧ga

ganga f (plural ganghe)

1. gangue

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

ganga (present tense gjeng, past tense gjekk, supine gjenge or gjengi, past participle gjengen, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of gå

From Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Related to gengi (“luck, success; help, support”).

Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ̃ŋɡɑ/

ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn)

1. to go, walk

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: gan‧ga

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang. First attested in 1878.[1]

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
2. (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)

   Synonyms: bagatela, bugiganga

3. (Brazil, colloquial, obsolete) money[2]

Borrowed from Mandarin káng. First attested in the 16th century.[1]

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. denim (textile)

   Synonyms: denim, jeans

2. (in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)

   Synonym: jeans

Borrowed from Spanish ganga.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse, pin-tailed sandgrouse

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ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Brazil) A variety of cotton plant with brown fiber

Borrowed from English gang.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Brazil, obsolete) gang (group of criminals)

   Synonym: gangue

Borrowed from Kimbundu nganga (“sorcerer, witch doctor”).

ganga m (plural gangas)

1. (Angola) sorcerer

Borrowed from Bengali গন্ডার (gonḍar), from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍa). Doublet of ganda.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (India, dated) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

Derived from Gaulish *cambica "bent log", derivative of cambos (“twisted, crooked”),[3] from Proto-Celtic *kambos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of canga.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (historical) cangue

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ganga.

• “ganga” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “ganga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
• “ganga” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “ganga” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanɡa/ [ˈɡãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: gan‧ga

Imitative of the bird's call.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. bargain (advantageous purchase)

   Synonym: bicoca

2. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)

• Ganga is a false friend, and in most regions does not mean "gang". The words for "gang" in Spanish are pandilla and mara.

From English gang.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Puerto Rico) gang

   Synonyms: pandilla, mara

From French gangue.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. gangue

• “ganga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

• Audio (Kenya)

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-ganga (infinitive kuganga)

1. to heal, to cure

• mganga
• uganga

-ganga

1. to be naughty, to be mischievous

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

-ganga

1. (intransitive) to be impudent, to be mischievous, to be naughty

• C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972), “ganga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ganga (6.6.3)”