ga-

ga-

1. noun prefix

Frances Froman, Alfred J. Keye, Lottie Keye, Carrie Dyck (2002) English-Cayuga/Cayuga-English Dictionary, University of Toronto, page 705

Shortened form of naga-.

ga- (complete nag-, progressive naga-, nag-, ga-, contemplative maga-, mag-, infinitive pag-)

1. progressive aspect of mag-, alternative and more common form of naga-

   Galuto ko og utan ― I am cooking vegetables

• The form naga- marking the progressive aspect is only ever heard of in formal contexts and is largely archaic, while nag- and ga- are in everyday use.

ga-

1. Romanization of 𐌲𐌰-

ga-

1. form of da- used after a personal prefix
2. (some speakers) contraction of giga-

• ge-
• ji-
• wii-

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ga-pv-tns

ga-

1. Alternative form of gi-

ga-

1. noun prefix

• Hanni Woodbury (2018) A Reference Grammar of the Onondaga Language, University of Toronto, page 284

ga-

1. noun prefix

• Wallace Chafe (2014) A Grammar of the Seneca Language, University of California Press, page 86

Possibly related to gaya (“like; imitated”).

• IPA^(key): /ɡa/, [ɡɐ]

ga- (Baybayin spelling ᜄ)

1. used to indicate of a similarly big size: as big as; as large as

   ‎ga- + ‎bahay (“house”) → ‎gabahay (“as big as a house”)

   ‎ga- + ‎bundok (“mountain”) → ‎gabundok (“as big as a mountain”)

2. used to indicate similarity: like; similar to

   ‎ga- + ‎nito (“this”) → ‎ganito (“like this”)

   ‎ga- + ‎niyan (“that”) → ‎ganiyan (“like that”)

• gaga-
• gangga-

• (before /e/) ge-
• (before /o/) go-

From Proto-Bantu *gá-.

• IPA^(key): /ɡa-/

ga-

1. class 6 pronominal concord

   ‎ga- + ‎-nu (“this, these”) → ‎ganu (“these (class 6)”)

2. they; class 6 subject concord

   ‎ga- + ‎-kora (“to do”) → ‎gakora (“they (class 6) do”)

3. positive imperative form of -ga- (“them; class 6 object concord”)

   ‎ga- + ‎-ha (“to give”) → ‎gaha (“give them (class 6)”)

• Kaji, Shigeki (2007) A Rutooro Vocabulary‎, Tokyo: Research Institute for Languages and Cultures of Asia and Africa (ILCAA), →ISBN, page 414