faga

See also: fága and -faga

Asturian

Verb

faga

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of facer
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of facer

Galician

Verb

faga

  1. inflection of facer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fazer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Maltese
Root
f-g-j
2 terms

Alternative forms

Etymology

Integrated loan verb from Sicilian affugari, affucari, from Latin offocare. Cognate to English suffocate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfa.ɡa/

Verb

faga (imperfect jifga, past participle fgat)

  1. to choke, strangle

Conjugation
    Conjugation of faga
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m fgajt fgajt faga fgajna fgajtu fgaw
f fgat
imperfect m nifga tifga jifga nifgaw tifgaw jifgaw
f tifga
imperative ifga ifgaw

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

faga n

  1. definite plural of fag

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

faga n

  1. definite plural of fag

Spanish

Verb

faga

  1. inflection of facer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Tokelauan
Te faga (1).

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *faŋa. Cognates include Maori whanga and Samoan faga.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈha.ŋa]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧ga

Noun

faga

  1. bay
  2. curve
  3. trap

Verb

faga

  1. (stative) to be curved

References
  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 58
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