gagana

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Javanese

Romanization

gagana

  1. Romanization of ꦒꦒꦤ

Old Javanese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गगन (gagana, “atmosphere, sky, firmament, air”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa.na/
  • Rhymes: -na
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧na

Noun

gagana

  1. atmosphere, sky
  2. firmament
  3. air

Derived terms

Descendants

  • > Javanese: ꦒꦒꦤ (gagana) (inherited)
  • > Javanese: ꦒꦼꦒꦤ (gegana) (inherited)

Further reading

  • "gagana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Compare Tuvaluan ngangana.

Noun

gagana

  1. language

Derived terms

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Cognates include Tuvaluan ngangana and Samoan gagana.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧na

Noun

gagana

  1. language

Verb

gagana

  1. (intransitive) to talk, speak

Derived terms

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 135
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