ganga

From French ganga, from Catalan ganga.

ganga (plural gangas)

1. (dated) The sandgrouse.

ganga (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of ganja

• A-gang, Gaang

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencia)

Imitative. The sense of "bargain" stems from the fact that the sandgrouse is considered a less valuable form of game.

ganga f (plural gangues)

1. sandgrouse
2. bargain
3. (colloquial) windfall, gift

• gangues de l’ofici
• ganga eurasiàtica

• → English: ganga
• → French: ganga

Borrowed from French gangue.

ganga f (plural gangues)

1. (mining) gangue

• “ganga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

• (Norðanfjørðs) IPA^(key): /ˈkɛŋka/
• (Sunnanfjørðs) IPA^(key): /ˈkaŋka/
• Rhymes: -ɛŋka

ganga (third person singular past indicative gekk, third person plural past indicative gingu, supine gingið)

1. to walk

From Catalan ganga, of imitative origin.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ɡa/

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ganga m (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

• “ganga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• gagna

• IPA^(key): /ˈkauŋka/
• Rhymes: -auŋka

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

ganga (strong verb, third-person singular past indicative gekk, third-person plural past indicative gengu, supine gengið)

1. (intransitive) to walk

   Hvert viltu ganga?

   Where do you want to walk to?

2. (intransitive, of machinery) to work, operate, run

   Gengur klukkan?

   Does the clock work?

3. (intransitive, well or badly, of progress) to go

   Hreinsunin gengur vel.

   The cleaning is going well.

4. (intransitive) to fit, to go, to be satisfactory, to do

   Heldurðu að þessi kjóll gangi ekki við rauðu kápuna mína?

   Don't you think this dress will go with my red coat?

ganga f (genitive singular göngu, nominative plural göngur)

1. an excursion on foot; a walk, a stroll, a hike

   Synonym: gönguferð

2. (in plural only) the annual herding of sheep

• fjallganga
• gönguferð
• göngutúr

ganga

1. indefinite genitive plural of göng

Borrowed from German Gang.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: gàn‧ga

ganga f (plural ganghe)

1. gangue

• gange (e-infinitive)

From Old Norse ganga, from Proto-Germanic *ganganą, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ-.

ganga (present tense gjeng, past tense gjekk, supine gjenge or gjengi, past participle gjengen, present participle gangande, imperative gakk)

1. (pre-2012) alternative form of gå

   Denne vegen er ikkje lett å ganga

   It is not easy to go this way

   Gjeng det bra med handa?

   Is it going well with (your) hand?

ganga (present tense gangar, past tense ganga, past participle ganga, passive infinitive gangast, present participle gangande, imperative ganga/gang)

1. (arithmetic) to multiply

From Proto-Germanic *ganganą (“to go, walk, step”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰengʰ- (“to walk, step”). Related to gengi (“luck, success; help, support”).

Cognate with Old English gangan, Old Frisian ganga, gunga, Old Saxon gangan, Old High German gangan, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).

• (12th century Icelandic) IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑ̃ŋɡɑ/

ganga (singular past indicative gekk, plural past indicative gengu, past participle genginn)

1. to go, walk

ganga

1. to go, to walk

Please add the conjugation table if you are used to Old Swedish verbs.

• Swedish: gånga

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: gan‧ga

Borrowed from French gangue, from German Gang.^[1]

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (mining) gangue (earthy waste substances occurring in metallic ore)
2. (figuratively) bagatelle, trifle (an unsubstantial thing)

   Synonyms: bagatela, bugiganga

3. (Brazil, colloquial, obsolete) money^[2]

Borrowed from Mandarin káng. First attested in the 16th century.^[1](Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. denim (textile)

   Synonyms: jeans, brim

2. (in the plural) jeans (trousers made from denim cotton)(Can we verify⁽⁺⁾ this sense?)

   Synonym: jeans

3. (Brazil) A variety of cotton plant with brown fiber

   Synonym: algodoim

Borrowed from Spanish ganga.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. sandgrouse

   Synonym: cortiçol

From Gaulish *cambica "bent log", derivative of cambos (“twisted, crooked”),^[3] from Proto-Celtic *kambos, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kh₂emb- (“to bend, curve”). Doublet of canga.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (historical) cangue

Borrowed from English gang.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Brazil, obsolete) gang (group of criminals)

   Synonym: gangue

Borrowed from Kimbundu nganga (“sorcerer”).

ganga m (plural gangas)

1. (Angola) sorcerer

Borrowed from Bengali গন্ডার (gonḍar), from Sanskrit गण्ड (gaṇḍa). Doublet of ganda.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (India, dated) rhinoceros

   Synonym: rinoceronte

Unknown.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Brazil) a set of matches in a board game, specially backgammon

Borrowed from Guinea-Bissau Creole .

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (dated) black crowned crane (Balearica pavonina)

   Synonym: grou-coroado

For quotations using this term, see Citations:ganga.

• “ganga”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
• “ganga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “ganga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024
• “ganga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡanɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: gan‧ga

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Ganga (ave)

Wikipedia ^es

Imitative of the bird's call.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. bargain (advantageous purchase)

   Synonyms: bicoca, chollo, (El Salvador) cachada

   • 2013 November 7, “A la caza del ofertón en coches de segunda mano”, in Cinco Días‎:

     Pero lo que verdaderamente interesa es encontrar la ganga, el chollo, el ofertón.

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2. sandgrouse (bird of the family Pteroclididae)

• Ganga is a false friend, and in most regions does not mean "gang". The words for "gang" in Spanish are pandilla and mara.

Borrowed from English gang.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. (Puerto Rico) gang

   Synonyms: pandilla, mara

Borrowed from French gangue.

ganga f (plural gangas)

1. gangue

• “ganga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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-ganga (infinitive kuganga)

1. to heal, to cure

• mganga
• uganga

-ganga

1. to be naughty, to be mischievous

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

-ganga

1. (intransitive) to be impudent, to be mischievous, to be naughty

• C. M. Doke, B. W. Vilakazi (1972) “ganga”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, →ISBN: “ganga (6.6.3)”