Definitions and meaning of aga
aga
Noun
aga (plural agas)
- Alternative spelling of agha
Anagrams
Bikol Central
Pronunciation
Noun
ága
- morning
Bola
Noun
aga
- canoe
References
- Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 2
Cornish
Alternative forms
- (short form) gà
- (following some prepositions) -'ga
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈæɡə/
Determiner
aga
- their
Eskayan
Noun
aga
- morning
Estonian
Conjunction
aga
- but
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
For Turkish ağa (“lord, master”)
Noun
aga m (plural agas)
- aga, agha
Further reading
- “aga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Preposition
aga
- Alternative form of agás
Hiligaynon
Noun
ága (diminutive agá-ága)
- morning
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, “lord”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈɒɡɒ]
- Hyphenation: aga
- Rhymes: -ɡɒ
Noun
aga (plural agák)
- agha
Declension
Icelandic
Etymology
See the noun agi (“discipline”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈaːɣa/
- Rhymes: -aːɣa
Verb
aga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative agaði, supine agað)
- (transitive, with accusative) to discipline
Conjugation
Related terms
- agi (“discipline, constraint”)
Irish
Etymology
Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)
- period of time, interval
- distance
Declension
Derived terms
- agaigh (“space out, stagger”, verb)
Mutation
Further reading
- "aga" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Kabuverdianu
Etymology
From Portuguese água.
Alternative forms
Noun
aga
- (Barlavento) water
References
- Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
- Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro
Kikuyu
Pronunciation
Verb
aga (infinitive kwaga)
- to lack, to miss, to fail to find
Derived terms
(Nouns)
(Proverbs)
- ithĩnjĩro rĩtiagaga thakame
- (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga
- ng'enda thĩ ndĩagaga mũtegi
- nyũngũ ya mũingĩ ndĩagaga mũteng'ũri
- riko na nda itiagaga
- thũ ndĩagaga mwenji
References
- 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
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.
Pronoun
aga
- what (interrogative pronoun)
References
- Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Ladin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Latin aqua.
Noun
aga f (plural [please provide])
- (Brach) water
Lindu
Conjunction
aga
- if
Old Frisian
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to possess”). Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.
Pronunciation
Verb
āga
- (auxiliary) to have to
References
- Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN
Old Norse
Etymology
Related to agi (“terror”)
Verb
aga
- to threaten
- to look dangerous
Conjugation
Related terms
References
- aga in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Turkish ağa (“lord”).
Pronunciation
Noun
aga m pers
- agha
Declension
References
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎɡa/
- Hyphenation: a‧ga
Noun
àga m (Cyrillic spelling а̀га)
- agha
- (dated) master
- (dated) patron
Declension
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-aga (infinitive kuaga)
- to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something
Conjugation
Swedish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse agi.
Noun
aga c
- (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating
Declension
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse aga.
Verb
aga (present agar, preterite agade, supine agat, imperative aga)
- to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline
Conjugation
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).
Noun
aga c
- an agha (Turkish title)
Declension
References
- aga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Tagalog
Noun
aga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ)
- earliness
Derived terms
Synonyms
Tswana
Etymology
From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.
Verb
aga
- to build
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā).
Noun
aga (definite accusative agayı, plural agalar)
- (dialectal) big brother
- (dialectal) rich man
References
- aga in Turkish dictionaries at Türk Dil Kurumu
Westrobothnian
Etymology
From Old Norse agi.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ɑ̀ːɣɐ], [òːɣɐ]
- Rhymes: -ɒ̀ːɣɐ
Noun
aga m
- Fear, horror, trepidation.
Related terms
References
Source: wiktionary.org- a Turkish military officer.
(source: Collins Scrabble Dictionary)