Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word gaga. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in gaga.
Definitions and meaning of gaga
gaga
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/
Etymology 1
From Frenchgaga.
Adjective
gaga (comparativemore gaga, superlativemost gaga)
(informal) Mentally senile.
The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
(informal) Crazy.
You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
(informal) Infatuated.
The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.
Usage notes
As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
Derived terms
go gaga over
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
gaga (uncountable)
Alternative form of ga-ga(“game resembling dodgeball”)
Balinese
Romanization
gaga
Romanization of ᬕᬕ
Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ
Barngarla
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/
Noun
gaga
head
References
Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56. Part 1 Part 2
Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.
Bikol Central
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Spanishgaga.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/, [ˈɡa.ɡa]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
Noun
gága
(vulgar, offensive)feminine of gago
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/, [ˈɡaʔ.ɡaʔ]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
Noun
gâgâ
(Naga) act of boiling
Synonym:laga
Derived terms
See also
French
Etymology
Reduplication of the base of gâteux(“senile”)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa/
Adjective
gaga (pluralgagas)
(informal)gaga (senile)
Synonyms:fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
(informal)gaga (crazy)
Synonyms:fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
(informal)gaga (infatuated)
Further reading
“gaga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ga
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/
Noun
gaga (pluralgagai)
any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant
“gaga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Japanese
Romanization
gaga
Rōmaji transcription of がが
Javanese
Romanization
gaga
Romanization of ꦒꦒ
Lindu
Adverb
gaga
very
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Rhymes: -aɡɐ
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
Noun
gagaf (pluralgagas)
female equivalent of gago
Adjective
gaga
feminine singular of gago
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchgaga.
Adjective
gagam or f or n (indeclinable)
(informal)gaga (senile)
Declension
Salar
Noun
gaga (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
Synonym:busal
(obsolete) ban; prohibition
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/, [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
Noun
gagâ (Baybayin spellingᜄᜄ)(obsolete)
restlessness; mischief
Derived terms
See also
Etymology 4
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/, [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
Noun
gagâ (Baybayin spellingᜄᜄ)(obsolete)
name of the Baybayin letter ᜄ, corresponding to "ga"
See also
Etymology 5
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡaʔ/, [ˈɡa.ɣɐʔ]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
Noun
gagà (Baybayin spellingᜄᜄ)(botany, obsolete)
a type of nettle
Further reading
“gaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[1] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[2], La Noble Villa de Pila
page 327: “G) Gaga (pc) letra del abeçedario tagalog .|. gaga yaon .|. ᜄ . otra . G . tienen eſtos que llamamos gangoſa, eſcriueſe . g̃ . | ᜅ.”
page 371: “Inuencion) Gaga (pp) o traça”
page 582: “Traça) Gaga (pp) o inuentiba”
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkishغاغا.
Pronunciation
Noun
gaga (definite accusativegagayı, pluralgagalar)
bill, beak
Declension
Derived terms
gagalamak
See also
tumşuk
References
Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غاغا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334