ga-

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Cayuga

Prefix

ga-

  1. noun prefix

References

Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, Carrie Dyck (2002) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, University of Toronto, page 705

Cebuano

Etymology

Shortened form of naga-.

Prefix

ga- (complete nag-, progressive naga-, nag-, ga-, contemplative maga-, mag-, infinitive pag-)

  1. progressive aspect of mag-, alternative and more common form of naga-
    Galuto ko og utan ― I am cooking vegetables

Usage notes

  • The form naga- marking the progressive aspect is only ever heard of in formal contexts and is largely archaic, while nag- and ga- are in everyday use.

Related terms

Gothic

Romanization

ga-

  1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰-

Ojibwe

Preverb

ga-

  1. form of da- used after a personal prefix
  2. (some speakers) contraction of giga-

See also

References

Old Saxon

Prefix

ga-

  1. Alternative form of gi-

Onondaga

Prefix

ga-

  1. noun prefix

References

  • Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 284

Seneca

Prefix

ga-

  1. noun prefix

References

  • Wallace Chafe (2014) A Grammar of the Seneca Language, University of California Press, page 86

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly related to gaya (β€œlike; imitated”).

Pronunciation

Prefix

ga- (Baybayin spelling αœ„)

  1. used to indicate of a similarly big size: as big as; as large as
    ‎ga- + ‎bahay (β€œhouse”) β†’ ‎gabahay (β€œas big as a house”)
    ‎ga- + ‎bundok (β€œmountain”) β†’ ‎gabundok (β€œas big as a mountain”)
  2. used to indicate similarity: like; similar to
    ‎ga- + ‎nito (β€œthis”) β†’ ‎ganito (β€œlike this”)
    ‎ga- + ‎niyan (β€œthat”) β†’ ‎ganiyan (β€œlike that”)

Derived terms

Tagalog terms prefixed with ga-

See also

Tooro

Alternative forms

  • (before /e/) ge-
  • (before /o/) go-

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *gΓ‘-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

ga-

  1. class 6 pronominal concord
    ‎ga- + ‎-nu (β€œthis, these”) β†’ ‎ganu (β€œthese (class 6)”)
  2. they; class 6 subject concord
    ‎ga- + ‎-kora (β€œto do”) β†’ ‎gakora (β€œthey (class 6) do”)
  3. positive imperative form of -ga- (β€œthem; class 6 object concord”)
    ‎ga- + ‎-ha (β€œto give”) β†’ ‎gaha (β€œgive them (class 6)”)

See also

Tooro personal pronouns
Class Person Independent Possessive Subject concord Object concord Combined forms
na ni
Class 1 First nyowe, nye -ange n- -n- nanyowe, nanye ninyowe, ninye
Second iwe -awe o- -ku- naiwe niiwe
Third uwe -e a- -mu- nawe nuwe
Class 2 First itwe -aitu tu- -tu- naitwe niitwe
Second inywe -anyu mu- -ba- nainywe niinywe
Third abo -abo ba- -ba- nabo nubo
Class 3 gwo -agwo gu- -gu- nagwo nugwo
Class 4 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
Class 5 lyo -alyo li- -li- nalyo niryo
Class 6 go -ago ga- -ga- nago nugo
Class 7 kyo -akyo ki- -ki- nakyo nikyo
Class 8 byo -abyo bi- -bi- nabyo nibyo
Class 9 yo -ayo e- -gi- nayo niyo
Class 10 zo -azo zi- -zi- nazo nizo
Class 11 rwo -arwo ru- -ru- narwo nurwo
Class 12 ko -ako ka- -ka- nako nuko
Class 13 two -atwo tu- -tu- natwo nutwo
Class 14 bwo -abwo bu- -bu- nabwo nubwo
Class 15 kwo -akwo ku- -ku- nakwo nukwo
Class 16 ho -aho ha- -ha- naho nuho
Class 17 (kwo) N/A ha-
(...-yo) 		-ha- N/A nukwo
Class 18 (mwo) -amwo ha-
(...-mu) 		-ha- N/A numwo
Reflexive -enyini, -onyini β€” -e- β€”

References

  • Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), β†’ISBN, page 414
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