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5-letter words (2 found)

PAGAN,PANGA,

4-letter words (5 found)

ANGA,NAGA,NAPA,PAAN,PANG,

3-letter words (7 found)

AGA,ANA,GAN,GAP,NAG,NAP,PAN,

2-letter words (5 found)

AA,AG,AN,NA,PA,

You can make 19 words from panga according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 5 letters words made out of panga

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Definitions and meaning of panga

panga

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaŋɡə/

Etymology 1

From Swahili panga (“machete”).

Noun

panga (plural pangas)

  1. (East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.
Translations

Etymology 2

Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).

Noun

panga (plural pangas)

  1. Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
  2. A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
Translations

Etymology 3

From Spanish panga (“motorboat”).

Noun

panga (plural pangas)

  1. A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.

See also

  • panga panga

Anagrams

  • Pagan, pagan

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈŋa/, [paˈŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

pangá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
    Synonym: salang

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈŋa/, [paˈŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

pangá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. a framework built on a boat over which the large, thick mat is placed so that it may serve as an awning

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpaŋa/, [ˈpa.ŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

pánga (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. a mark that one places on a tree that one has sown with a root crop, so that no one else will cut the tree or work the field

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

panga

  1. a forked stick

Cuyunon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Noun

panga

  1. (anatomy) jaw

Dutch

Etymology

Probably borrowed from English panga, from New Latin Pangasius, ultimately from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑŋ.ɡaː/
  • Hyphenation: pan‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋɡaː

Noun

panga m (plural panga's)

  1. panga, pangasius, swai; fish of the genus Pangasius, especially when used as food
    Synonym: pangasius

Derived terms

  • pangafilet

Eastern Bontoc

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Estonian

Noun

panga

  1. genitive singular of pank

Ibaloi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Iraqw

Etymology

From Swahili panga.

Noun

panga f (plural pangadu n)

  1. knife

References

  • Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 69

Kankanaey

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Kapampangan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pəˈŋa/, [pəˈŋä]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

panga

  1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

Karao

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Kayapa Kallahan

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Lubuagan Kalinga

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Nga La

Etymology

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.

Numeral

panga

  1. five

References

  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpanɡa/ [ˈpãŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -anɡa
  • Syllabification: pan‧ga

Noun

panga f (plural pangas)

  1. (Latin America) panga (small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America)
  2. (Spain) swai, iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
  3. (zoology) torpedo scad (Pterogymnus laniarius)

Further reading

  • “panga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpɑŋɡɑ/

Etymology 1

Noun

panga (n class, plural panga)

  1. machete, panga (broad knife)
Related terms
  • upanga (“sword”)

Etymology 2

Verb

-panga (infinitive kupanga)

  1. to arrange, classify, plan, organize, set up
  2. to rent
  3. to live together, cohabit
  4. (with mtoto) to adopt
    Synonym: -asilisha
Conjugation
Derived terms
  • Verbal derivations:
    • Applicative: -pangia
    • Causative: -pangisha
    • Passive: -pangwa (“to be arranged, to be assigned”), -pangiwa
    • Reciprocal: -pangana
    • Stative: -pangika
  • Nominal derivations:
    • mpangaji (“tenant”)
    • mpango (“plan”)
    • pango (“rent”)
    • upangaji (“arranging; renting, rental; adoption”)

Swedish

Etymology

pang (“bang”) +‎ -a

Verb

panga (present pangar, preterite pangade, supine pangat, imperative panga)

  1. (colloquial) to bang (emit bangs, for example by shooting)
  2. (colloquial) to break (usually a window)

Conjugation

References

  • panga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • panga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • panga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /paˈŋa/, [pɐˈŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

pangá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone
    Synonym: sihang

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Noun

panga

  1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

Yogad

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

pangá

  1. branch (of a tree)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Noun

pangá

  1. (anatomy) (lower) jaw

Source: wiktionary.org