gansa
English
Noun
gansa (plural gansas)
- Alternative form of ganza (“kind of wild goose”)
References
- gansa in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Noun
gansa (uncountable)
- Alternative form of ganza (“type of metal”)
Anagrams
- Agans, Angas, Nāgas, Sagan, Sanga, nagas, nāgas, sagan, sanga
Asi
Noun
gansa
- goose
Cebuano
Alternative forms
- gangsa
Etymology
From Spanish gansa, feminine of ganso,from Gothic *𐌲𐌰𐌽𐍃 (*gans, “goose”), from Proto-Germanic *gans (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰans-. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) Doublet of hansa. See also Tagalog gansa.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gan‧sa
Noun
gansa
- a goose
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɑ̃.sa/
Verb
gansa
- third-person singular past historic of ganser
Hiligaynon
Noun
gansa
- gander, goose
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Noun
gansa
- goose
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡɐ̃.sɐ/
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃sɐ
- Hyphenation: gan‧sa
Noun
gansa f (plural gansas)
- female equivalent of ganso
Spanish
Noun
gansa f (plural gansas)
- female equivalent of ganso
- goose (female in contrast with male gander)
Adjective
gansa f
- feminine singular of ganso
Further reading
- “ganso”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Sanskrit हंस (haṃsa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *ȷ́ʰansás (“goose”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰh₂éns (“goose”). Compare Bikol Central gangsa, Hindi हंस (hans), Burmese ဟင်္သာ (hangsa), Kapampangan gansa, Malay angsa, and Waray-Waray gangsa. Some sources think it is from Spanish gansa (“female goose”), but this is rejected by Potet (2015).
Alternative forms
- gangsa
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gan‧sa
- IPA(key): /ɡanˈsaʔ/, [ɡɐnˈsaʔ]
- Rhymes: -aʔ
Noun
gansâ
- goose
Derived terms
- gansaan
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gan‧sa
- IPA(key): /ˈɡansa/, [ˈɡan.sɐ]
Noun
gansa
- Ifugao brass gong with convex side and forked stick as a handle
References
- Fr. Juan José de Noceda; Fr. Pedro de Sanlucar (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves (in Spanish & Tagalog), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier, page 120: “GANGSA. pc. ganso.”