ringa

ringa

1. to drink

From Proto-Oceanic *linga (compare Fijian liga).

ringa (usually reduplicated as ringaringa)

1. hand

• ringet

ringa

1. simple past of ringe (Verb 2)
2. past participle of ringe (Verb 2)

From Old Norse hringa.

• ringe

• IPA^(key): /²rɪŋːɑ/

ringa (present tense ringar, past tense ringa, past participle ringa, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ringa/ring)

1. to form a circle, a ring
2. to surround
3. to put a ring on something

ringa (present tense ringer, past tense ringde, past participle ringt, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring)

1. Alternative form of ringja

• “ringa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

ringa

1. nominative/accusative plural of ring

ringa

1. inflection of ringar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

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-ringa (infinitive kuringa)

1. to boast, show off

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• Rhymes: -²ɪŋa

From Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.

ringa (comparative ringare, superlative ringast)

1. small, little

   hennes ringa ålder

   her young age

   ringa stöld

   petty theft

   Jag har inte den ringaste aning

   I don't have the faintest idea

   ringa betydelse

   little importance

2. low, simple, (through self-deprecation) modest, humble

   Han var av ringa börd

   He was of low birth

   min ringa uppfattning

   my humble (lowly) opinion

• förringa

From Old Swedish ringia, ringa, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian ringe or ringa, Old English hringan, English ring.

ringa (present ringer, preterite ringde, supine ringt, imperative ring)

1. to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
2. (telephony) to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
3. to ring; to telephone someone

• inringa
• ringa in
• ringa upp
• ringa ut
• ringmärka

• plinga

• ringa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• ringa in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

• grina

From Ottoman Turkish رینغه, from Italian aringa, from Medieval Latin harengus, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

ringa

1. herring

• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رینغه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 636
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ringa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük