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aga

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English

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Noun

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aga (plural agas)

  1. Alternative spelling of agha
    • 1775, Richard Chandler, Travels in Asia Minor, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 229:
      They were headed by a Chiauſh or the Meſſinger of an Aga, who commanded in a ſmall village to the weſt of Pambouk.

Anagrams

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aġa, a lord or master).[1]

Noun

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aga m (plural agallarë, definite agai, definite plural agallarët)

  1. agha, Ottoman nobleman with a landed estate (ranging below bey)
  2. (old) rich man
  3. (old) clan chief
  4. (derogatory) pretentious or officious person

References

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  1. ^ Bufli, G., Rocchi, L. (2021) “aga”, in A historical-etymological dictionary of Turkisms in Albanian (1555–1954), Trieste: Edizioni Università di Trieste, page 30

Further reading

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  • “aga”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎[1] (in Albanian), 1980
  • aga”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Asi

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Noun

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aga

  1. morning

Bikol Central

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔa.ɡa]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: a‧ga

Noun

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aga (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄ)

  1. morning
    Coordinate terms: udto, hapon, banggi

Derived terms

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Bola

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Noun

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aga

  1. canoe

References

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Bourbonnais-Berrichon

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Alternative forms

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  • argarde (Moulins Dialect and Berrichon)

Verb

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aga[1]

  1. look at (imperative mood)

References

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  1. ^ Paul Duchon (1904) Grammaire et Dictionnaire Du Patois Bourbonnais (canton De Vareness) (in French and Bourbonnais-Berrichon), page 21

Cornish

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Alternative forms

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  • (short form) 'ga
  • (following some prepositions) -'ga
  • (Standard Cornish, short form)

Etymology

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Apparently cognate with Welsh eu, Irish acu.[1]

Pronunciation

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(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA(key): [ˌaɡa]

Determiner

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aga (triggers aspirate mutation)

  1. their

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Williams, Robert (1865) “aga”, in Lexicon Cornu-Britannicum: A Dictionary of the Ancient Celtic Language of Cornwall, in which the Words are elucidated by Copious Examples from the Cornish Works now remaining; With Translations in English, London: Trubner & Co., page 4

Eskayan

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Noun

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aga

  1. morning

Estonian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

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aga

  1. but
    Synonyms: kuid, a (colloquial)

French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa, lord, master).

Noun

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aga m (plural agas)

  1. aga, agha

Further reading

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Galician

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Preposition

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aga

  1. Alternative form of agás

Hanunoo

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔa.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: a‧ga

Etymology 1

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Noun

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aga (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ)

  1. stick or candle of a leaf-wrapped pitch, which serves as a numerable unit of trade and a light source

Etymology 2

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Noun

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aga (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ)

  1. punctuality
Usage notes
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  • This definition is not directly attested as a standalone word.
Derived terms
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Further reading

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  • Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20

Hiligaynon

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Noun

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aga (diminutive agá-ága)

  1. morning

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, lord).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aga (plural agák)

  1. agha
    A koppányi aga testamentuma (the title of a 1937 novel by István Fekete, cinematized in 1967[1])
    The Testament of Koppány’s Agha

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative aga agák
accusative agát agákat
dative agának agáknak
instrumental agával agákkal
causal-final agáért agákért
translative agává agákká
terminative agáig agákig
essive-formal agaként agákként
essive-modal
inessive agában agákban
superessive agán agákon
adessive agánál agáknál
illative agába agákba
sublative agára agákra
allative agához agákhoz
elative agából agákból
delative agáról agákról
ablative agától agáktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
agáé agáké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
agáéi agákéi
Possessive forms of aga
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. agám agáim
2nd person sing. agád agáid
3rd person sing. agája agái
1st person plural agánk agáink
2nd person plural agátok agáitok
3rd person plural agájuk agáik

References

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Further reading

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  • aga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • aga in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

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Etymology

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See the noun agi (discipline)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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aga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative agaði, supine agað)

  1. to discipline [with accusative]

Conjugation

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  • agi (discipline, constraint)

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: aga

Etymology 1

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From Malay aga, from Classical Malay اڬ (aga).

Adjective

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aga

  1. arrogant, conceited, haughty, snobbish.
    Synonyms: angkuh, sombong
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Kulisusu [Term?].

Noun

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aga (first-person possessive agaku, second-person possessive agamu, third-person possessive aganya)

  1. fish louse (Argulus spp.).
    Synonym: kutu ikan

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Wolio [Term?].

Verb

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aga

  1. to look with the intention of laughing or challenging

Further reading

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Irish

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Etymology

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Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)

  1. period of time, interval
  2. distance

Declension

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Declension of aga (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative aga agaí
vocative a aga a agaí
genitive aga agaí
dative aga agaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-aga na hagaí
genitive an aga na n-agaí
dative leis an aga
don aga
leis na hagaí

Derived terms

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  • agaigh (space out, stagger, verb)

Mutation

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Mutated forms of aga
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aga n-aga haga t-aga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Kabuverdianu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese água.

Noun

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aga

  1. (Barlavento) water

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Kikuyu

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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aga (infinitive kwaga)

  1. to lack, to miss, to fail to find

Derived terms

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(Nouns)

(Proverbs)

References

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  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
  • Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 45.

Laboya

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

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aga

  1. what (interrogative pronoun)

References

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  • Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*apa₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ladin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin aqua.

Noun

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aga f (plural [please provide])

  1. (Brach) water

Lindu

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Conjunction

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aga

  1. if

Northern Kurdish

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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aga m (Arabic spelling ئاگا)

  1. Alternative form of agah

Declension

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References

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  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aga”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Northern Sotho

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

Verb

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aga

  1. to build

Old English

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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āgā

  1. inflection of āgān:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive
    3. singular imperative

Old Frisian

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Etymology

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From Proto-West Germanic *aigan (to possess). Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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āga

  1. (auxiliary) to have to

References

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  • Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Norse

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *agōną, related to agi (terror), from Proto-Germanic *agô, form of *agaz (fear, dread).

Verb

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aga

  1. to threaten
  2. to look dangerous

Conjugation

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References

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  • aga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Turkish ağa.[1]

Noun

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aga m pers

  1. (Islam, military) agha (honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries)
Declension
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Etymology 2

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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aga f

  1. cane toad
    Synonyms: kururu, ropucha olbrzymia
Declension
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References

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  1. ^ Elżbieta Sobol (red.), Mały słownik języka polskiego, wyd. XI, Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN, Warszawa 1994. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

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Noun

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aga f (plural agale)

  1. Alternative form of agă

Declension

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singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative aga agaua agale agalele
genitive-dative agale agalei agale agalelor
vocative aga agalelor

Rukai

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Noun

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aga

  1. cooked rice

Scots

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Compare Norwegian akkar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːɡa/, /ˈaɡək/

Noun

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aga (plural agas)

  1. (Shetland) A variety of eight-armed cuttlefish

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Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ǎɡa/
  • Hyphenation: a‧ga

Noun

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àga m (Cyrillic spelling а̀га)

  1. agha
  2. (dated) master
  3. (dated) patron

Declension

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaɡa/ [ˈa.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: a‧ga

Noun

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aga m (plural agas)

  1. Alternative form of agá

Further reading

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Swahili

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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-aga (infinitive kuaga)

  1. to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something

Conjugation

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Conjugation of -aga
Positive present -naaga
Subjunctive -age
Negative -agi
Imperative singular aga
Infinitives
Positive kuaga
Negative kutoaga
Imperatives
Singular aga
Plural ageni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaga
Positive past positive subject concord + -liaga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuaga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naaga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninaaga/naaga tunaaga
2nd person unaaga mnaaga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaga wanaaga
other classes positive subject concord + -naaga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -agi)
Singular Plural
1st person siagi hatuagi
2nd person huagi hamwagi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) haagi hawaagi
other classes negative subject concord + -agi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taaga
Negative future negative subject concord + -taaga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -age)
Singular Plural
1st person niage tuage
2nd person uage mwage
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aage waage
other classes positive subject concord + -age
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siage
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeaga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeaga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliaga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliaga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aaga)
Singular Plural
1st person naaga twaaga
2nd person waaga mwaaga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaga waaga
m-mi(III/IV) waaga yaaga
ji-ma(V/VI) laaga yaaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaga vyaaga
n(IX/X) yaaga zaaga
u(XI) waaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwaaga
pa(XVI) paaga
mu(XVIII) mwaaga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meaga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshaaga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaaga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kiaga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipoaga
Consecutive kaaga / positive subject concord + -kaaga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaage
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -niaga -tuaga
2nd person -kuaga -waaga/-kuageni/-waageni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaga -waaga
m-mi(III/IV) -uaga -iaga
ji-ma(V/VI) -liaga -yaaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaga -viaga
n(IX/X) -iaga -ziaga
u(XI) -uaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuaga
pa(XVI) -paaga
mu(XVIII) -muaga
Reflexive -jiaga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -aga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -agaye -agao
m-mi(III/IV) -agao -agayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -agalo -agayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -agacho -agavyo
n(IX/X) -agayo -agazo
u(XI) -agao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -agako
pa(XVI) -agapo
mu(XVIII) -agamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -aga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yeaga -oaga
m-mi(III/IV) -oaga -yoaga
ji-ma(V/VI) -loaga -yoaga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaga -vyoaga
n(IX/X) -yoaga -zoaga
u(XI) -oaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -koaga
pa(XVI) -poaga
mu(XVIII) -moaga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Etymology 1

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From Old Norse agi.

Noun

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aga c

  1. (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating
Declension
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Etymology 2

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From Old Swedish agha.

Verb

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aga (present agar, preterite agade, supine agat, imperative aga)

  1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline
Conjugation
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Etymology 3

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Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

Noun

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aga c

  1. an agha (Turkish title)
Declension
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References

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *ága (early; punctual).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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aga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ)

  1. earliness
    Synonyms: kaagahan, agap
  2. (obsolete) eating breakfast

Derived terms

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Tswana

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

Verb

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aga

  1. to build

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā).

Noun

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aga (definite accusative agayı, plural agalar)

  1. (dialectal) big brother
  2. (dialectal) rich man
  3. (colloquial) bro
    Aga niye öyle dedi 💀
    Why did bro say it like that 💀

References

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  • aga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Turkmen

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): [aːɣa]

Noun

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aga

  1. elder brother
  2. paternal uncle

Further reading

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  • aga” in Enedilim.com
  • aga” in Webonary.org

Yoruba

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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agà

  1. Tree hyrax; (in particular) the Dendrohyrax interfluvialis
    Synonym: ọ̀fàfà

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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agà

  1. ladder
    Synonyms: àkàsọ̀, àkàbà
  2. (idiomatic) pubescent age; the age at which one becomes sexually mature
Derived terms
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  • bàlágà (to reach the age of puberty)

Etymology 3

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Igi agà

Pronunciation

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Noun

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agà

  1. the tree Musanga cecropioides; also known as the African corkwood tree

Etymology 4

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Àga

Compare with Edo aga

Pronunciation

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Noun

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àga

  1. chair, stool
    Synonyms: ìjókòó, òtìtà, ìpèkù, iján, àpótí
Derived terms
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