Inga
See also: inga, ingå, and Iŋgá
Translingual
Etymology 1
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Inga vera (Fabaceae)
Of South American origin
Proper noun
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids - clades; Fabales - order; Fabaceae - family; Mimosoideae - subfamily; Ingeae - tribe
Hyponyms
- (genus in Fabaceae): Inga vera - type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see
Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Inga at USDA Plants database
Etymology 2
Inga sparsiciliella (Oecophoridae)
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Inga f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
Hypernyms
- (genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Tineina - section; Tineina - subsection; Gelechioidea - superfamily; Oecophoridae - family; Oecophorinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
References
- Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
English
Etymology
From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡə/
Proper noun
Inga
- A female given name from Old Norse.
Danish
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga.
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
Usage notes
- More common in Denmark in the form Inge.
Estonian
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga.
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
Related terms
- Inge, Ingel, Ingrid
Faroese
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪŋːka/
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Usage notes
Matronymics
- son of Inga: Inguson
- daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir
Declension
| Singular | |
| Indefinite | |
| Nominative | Inga |
| Accusative | Ingu |
| Dative | Ingu |
| Genitive | Ingu |
French
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ɡa/
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name, variant of Inge
Icelandic
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga.
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Declension
declension of Inga
| f-w1 | singular | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | ||
| nominative | Inga | |
| accusative | Ingu | |
| dative | Ingu | |
| genitive | Ingu | |
Italian
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Proper noun
Inga m or f by sense
- a surname
Further reading
- Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015-2022
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Related terms
- Ingrīda
- Inguna
References
- Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
- Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Proper noun
Inga f
- a female given name
Norwegian
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
Related terms
- female given names: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Inger, Ingjerd, Ingrid, Ingunn, Ingvild
- male given names: Inge and its variants
Old High German
Proper noun
Inga
- a female given name
References
- Forstemann, Ernst Wilhelm. Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1, 783.
Old Norse
Etymology
A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").
Proper noun
Inga f (genitive Ingu)
- a female given name
Descendants
- Danish: Inga, Inge
- Faroese: Inga
- Icelandic: Inga
- Norwegian: Inga
- Swedish: Inga
Slovak
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈiŋɡa/
Proper noun
Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)
- A pet form of the female given name Ingrida.
Declension
Declension of Inga
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | Inga | Ingy |
| genitive | Ingy | Íng |
| dative | Inge | Ingám |
| accusative | Ingu | Ingy |
| locative | Inge | Ingách |
| instrumental | Ingou | Ingami |
Further reading
- Ingrida in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.
Proper noun
Inga c (genitive Ingas).
- a female given name
Related terms
- female given names: Ing, Ingalill, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Ingegärd, Ingela, Inger, Ingrid, Ingvor
- male given names: Inge and its variants
References
- Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
- Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
- niga