inga
English
An inga.
Etymology
From Old Tupi in-gá (“soaked”) via Portuguese.
Noun
inga (plural ingas)
- (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
- 1838, The British cyclopaedia, page 605:
- Here are the mimosas, the ingas, the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.
- 1989, “Lost crops of the Incas”, in U.S, National Research Council, page 279:
- Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.
See also
inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Cebuano
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iˈŋaʔ/, [ɪˈŋʌʔ]
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - IPA(key): /ˈɪnɣaː/
- Hyphenation: in‧ga
- Rhymes: -ɪnɣaː
Verb
inga
- inflection of ingaan:
- first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative
- (dated or formal) singular dependent-clause present subjunctive
Anagrams
Hungarian
Etymology
From the ing variant of the verb inog (“to wobble”) + -a (archaic participle suffix). Created during the Hungarian language reform, which took place in the 18th–19th centuries. For the ending, compare hinta, csusza.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈiŋɡɒ]
- Hyphenation: in‧ga
- Rhymes: -ɡɒ
Declension
| Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | |
| nominative | inga | ingák |
| accusative | ingát | ingákat |
| dative | ingának | ingáknak |
| instrumental | ingával | ingákkal |
| causal-final | ingáért | ingákért |
| translative | ingává | ingákká |
| terminative | ingáig | ingákig |
| essive-formal | ingaként | ingákként |
| essive-modal | — | — |
| inessive | ingában | ingákban |
| superessive | ingán | ingákon |
| adessive | ingánál | ingáknál |
| illative | ingába | ingákba |
| sublative | ingára | ingákra |
| allative | ingához | ingákhoz |
| elative | ingából | ingákból |
| delative | ingáról | ingákról |
| ablative | ingától | ingáktól |
| non-attributive possessive - singular |
ingáé | ingáké |
| non-attributive possessive - plural |
ingáéi | ingákéi |
| Possessive forms of inga | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
| 1st person sing. | ingám | ingáim |
| 2nd person sing. | ingád | ingáid |
| 3rd person sing. | ingája | ingái |
| 1st person plural | ingánk | ingáink |
| 2nd person plural | ingátok | ingáitok |
| 3rd person plural | ingájuk | ingáik |
References
- inga in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN. (See also its 2nd edition.)
Further reading
- inga in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Malay
Further reading
- “inga” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Norwegian Bokmål
Norwegian Nynorsk
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪŋˌa/, [ˈɪŋːˌâ]
Audio (file)
Anagrams
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