waga
See also: Waga, wa-ga, wagą, and -wagą
Hausa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wáː.ɡáː/
- (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [wáː.ɡáː]
Noun
wāgā m (plural wāgā̀gē, possessed form wāgan)
- A pair of (hide) bags for carrying goods (e.g., on a pack animal or a motorcycle)
- A grass bag for packing kola nuts.
Japanese
Romanization
waga
- Rōmaji transcription of わが
Kilivila
FWOTD – 18 June 2015
Etymology
- Compare Niuean vaka and Samoan va'a.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaɡa/
Noun
waga
- canoe
- hollowed out tree used for hull of a canoe
- vehicle
Hyponyms
- (canoe): masawa
References
- Gunter Senft (1986), Kilivila: the Language of the Trobriand Islanders. Berlin • New York • Amsterdam: Mouton de Gruyter, p. 417. →ISBN
Maguindanao
Etymology 1
From baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀa.
Noun
waga
- ember
Etymology 2
From *(a)baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa.
Noun
waga
- (anatomy) shoulder
Maranao
Etymology 1
From baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀa.
Noun
waga
- ember
Etymology 2
From *(a)baga, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qabaʀa.
Noun
waga
- shoulder
Old High German
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *wāgu.
Noun
wāga f
- scales
Descendants
- Middle High German: wāge
- Cimbrian: baaga
- German: Waage
- Yiddish: וואָג (vog)
Polish
Etymology
From Middle High German wāge, from Old High German wāga, from Proto-West Germanic *wāgu, from Proto-Germanic *wēgō, derived from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Cognate with German Waage, Dutch waag, English wey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡa/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aɡa
- Syllabification: wa‧ga
Noun
waga f
- scales
- weight
- importance
Declension
Declension of waga
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | waga | wagi |
| genitive | wagi | wag |
| dative | wadze | wagom |
| accusative | wagę | wagi |
| instrumental | wagą | wagami |
| locative | wadze | wagach |
| vocative | wago | wagi |
Derived terms
adjectives
- arcyważny
- wagowy
- ważki
- ważny
adverbs
- przeważnie
- ważnie
nouns
- nadwaga
- niedowaga
- odwaga
- odważnik
- powaga
- przeciwwaga
- przewaga
- rozwaga
- równowaga
- uwaga
- Waga
- ważka
- ważniak
- ważność
verb
- ważyć
Further reading
- waga in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- waga in Polish dictionaries at PWN