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English
Noun
punga (plural pungas)
- Alternative form of ponga
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Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from Romanian pungă (“bag, purse”).
Pronunciation
Noun
punga (plural pungák)
- (Transylvania, informal) bag (soft container made out of cloth, paper, thin plastic, etc.)
- Synonyms: zacskó, tasak
Declension
Derived terms
Icelandic
Noun
punga
- indefinite accusative plural of pungur
- indefinite genitive plural of pungur
Italian
Verb
punga
- inflection of pungere:
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
Maori
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *puŋa (“coral rock”) (compare with Hawaiian puna (“coral, lime, plaster, calcium”), Tahitian puʻa (“coral, lime”), Tongan punga, Samoan puga) from Proto-Oceanic *buŋa (“white, porous coral or growth”) (compare with Fijian vuga), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa ni batu (“coral sponge, lit. 'stone bloom'”) extension of Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *buŋa (“flower”) (compare with Malay bunga and bunga karang (“sponge”)). Doublet of pungapunga and pua.
Noun
punga
- coral
- any silicate or calcite material
- pungarehu: ash
- pungapunga: pumice
- anchor
Verb
punga
- to anchor
- to secure
- to sink, to fall
References
- ^ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 374
- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “puga.1”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
- ^ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (2008) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 2: The Physical Environment, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, page 108
Further reading
- “punga” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
Romanian
Noun
punga
- definite nominative/accusative singular of pungă
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpunɡa/
- Rhymes: -unɡa
- Syllabification: pun‧ga
Adjective
punga m or f (masculine and feminine plural pungas)
- (slang, Chile) vulgar, rascal, common person
Further reading
Swahili
Pronunciation
Verb
-punga (infinitive kupunga)
- to decrease, diminish
- to exorcise
Conjugation
Conjugation of -punga
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Positive present
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-napunga
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Subjunctive
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-punge
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Negative
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-pungi
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Imperative singular
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punga
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hupunga
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lipunga
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kupunga
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -napunga)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninapunga/napunga
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tunapunga
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2nd person
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unapunga
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mnapunga
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anapunga
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wanapunga
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -napunga
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -pungi)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sipungi
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hatupungi
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2nd person
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hupungi
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hampungi
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hapungi
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hawapungi
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -pungi
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tapunga
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tapunga
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -punge)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nipunge
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tupunge
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2nd person
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upunge
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mpunge
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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apunge
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wapunge
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -punge
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sipunge
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngepunga
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singepunga
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalipunga
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalipunga
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -mepunga
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshapunga
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -japunga
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kipunga
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipopunga
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Consecutive
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kapunga / positive subject concord + -kapunga
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kapunge
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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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Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology
pung (“scrotum”) + -a
Verb
punga (present pungar, preterite pungade, supine pungat, imperative punga)
- (slang) to place (something) between one's penis and scrotum (or in one's underwear more generally, usually for smuggling purposes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of punga (weak)
See also
References
Tagalog
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Noun
punga (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜅ) (derogatory)
- Chinese person
See also
Further reading
- “punga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- Santos, Vito C. (1978) Vicassan's Pilipino-English Dictionary, Revised edition (overall work in Tagalog and English), With an Introduction by Teodoro A. Agoncillo, Metro Manila: National Book Store, →ISBN, page 2157
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