ga-

ga-

1. noun prefix

Frances Froman; Alfred J. Keye; Lottie Keye; Carrie Dyck (2002) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, University of Toronto, page 705

ga-

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰-

ga-

1. form of da- used after a personal prefix
2. (some speakers) contraction of giga-

• ge-
• ji-
• wii-

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ga-pv-tns

ga-

1. Alternative form of gi-

ga-

1. noun prefix

• Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 284

ga-

1. noun prefix

• Wallace Chafe (2014) A Grammar of the Seneca Language, University of California Press, page 86

Possibly related to gaya (“like; imitated”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/, [ɡɐ]

ga-

1. used to indicate of a similarly big size: as big as; as large as

   ‎ga- + ‎bahay (“house”) → ‎gabahay (“as big as a house”)

   ‎ga- + ‎bundok (“mountain”) → ‎gabundok (“as big as a mountain”)

2. used to indicate similarity: like; similar to

   ‎ga- + ‎nito (“this”) → ‎ganito (“like this”)

   ‎ga- + ‎niyan (“that”) → ‎ganiyan (“like that”)

• gaga-
• gangga-