changa

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English

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Etymology

Coined by Julian Palmer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

changa (uncountable)

  1. (slang) A smokable blend of dimethyltryptamine and an MAOI to extend the drug experience in duration and intensity.
    • 2016, Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Alex K. Gearin, editors, The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies‎, Routledge, →ISBN:
      Smoked in bongs, pipes, and joints in living rooms, by rivers, on mountaintops, under wattle trees, and at festivals around the globe, changa use has proliferated.

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese changa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃanɡa/
  • Rhymes: -anɡa
  • Syllabification: chan‧ga

Noun

changa f (plural changas)

  1. small job; odd job
  2. job of a porter
  3. (Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay) part-time job

Further reading

Swahili

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu .

Adjective

-changa (declinable)

  1. young (in the early part of life or growth)
  2. (of a moon) new
Declension
Inflected forms of -changa
Noun class singular plural
m-wa class(I/II) mchanga
m-mi class(III/IV) mchanga michanga
ji-ma class(V/VI) changa machanga
ki-vi class(VII/VIII) kichanga vichanga
n class(IX/X) changa changa
u class(XI) mchanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
pa class(XVI) pachanga
ku class(XVII) kuchanga
mu class(XVIII) muchanga
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu .

Verb

-changa (infinitive kuchanga)

  1. to collect, gather
Conjugation
Conjugation of -changa
Positive present -nachanga
Subjunctive -change
Negative -changi
Imperative singular changa
Infinitives
Positive kuchanga
Negative kutochanga
Imperatives
Singular changa
Plural changeni
Tensed forms
Habitual huchanga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lichanga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kuchanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nachanga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninachanga/nachanga tunachanga
2nd person unachanga mnachanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anachanga wanachanga
other classes positive subject concord + -nachanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -changi)
Singular Plural
1st person sichangi hatuchangi
2nd person huchangi hamchangi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hachangi hawachangi
other classes negative subject concord + -changi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tachanga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tachanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -change)
Singular Plural
1st person nichange tuchange
2nd person uchange mchange
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achange wachange
other classes positive subject concord + -change
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sichange
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngechanga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singechanga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalichanga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalichanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -achanga)
Singular Plural
1st person nachanga twachanga
2nd person wachanga mwachanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) achanga wachanga
m-mi(III/IV) wachanga yachanga
ji-ma(V/VI) lachanga yachanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chachanga vyachanga
n(IX/X) yachanga zachanga
u(XI) wachanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwachanga
pa(XVI) pachanga
mu(XVIII) mwachanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mechanga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshachanga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -jachanga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kichanga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipochanga
Consecutive kachanga / positive subject concord + -kachanga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kachange
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nichanga -tuchanga
2nd person -kuchanga -wachanga/-kuchangeni/-wachangeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mchanga -wachanga
m-mi(III/IV) -uchanga -ichanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lichanga -yachanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kichanga -vichanga
n(IX/X) -ichanga -zichanga
u(XI) -uchanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kuchanga
pa(XVI) -pachanga
mu(XVIII) -muchanga
Reflexive -jichanga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -changa- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -changaye -changao
m-mi(III/IV) -changao -changayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -changalo -changayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -changacho -changavyo
n(IX/X) -changayo -changazo
u(XI) -changao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -changako
pa(XVI) -changapo
mu(XVIII) -changamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -changa)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yechanga -ochanga
m-mi(III/IV) -ochanga -yochanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lochanga -yochanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chochanga -vyochanga
n(IX/X) -yochanga -zochanga
u(XI) -ochanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kochanga
pa(XVI) -pochanga
mu(XVIII) -mochanga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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