aga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aga"

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English

Noun

aga (plural agas)

1. Alternative spelling of agha
   • 1775, Richard Chandler, Travels in Asia Minor, or, An account of a tour made at the expense of the Society of Dilettanti, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page 229:

     They were headed by a Chiauſh or the Meſſinger of an Aga, who commanded in a ſmall village to the weſt of Pambouk.

Anagrams

• GAA

Albanian

Alternative forms

• agë

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aġa, “a lord or master”).

Noun

aga m (plural agallarë, definite agai, definite plural agallarët)

1. agha, Ottoman nobleman with a landed estate (ranging below bey)
2. (old) rich man
3. (old) clan chief
4. (derogatory) pretentious or officious person

Further reading

• “aga”, in FGJSSH: Fjalor i gjuhës së sotme shqipe [Dictionary of the modern Albanian language]‎^[1] (in Albanian), 1980
• “aga”, in FGJSH: Fjalor i gjuhës shqipe [Dictionary of the Albanian language] (in Albanian), 2006

Asi

Noun

aga

1. morning

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *ága.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔa.ɡa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: a‧ga

Noun

aga (Basahan spelling ᜀᜄ)

1. morning

   Coordinate terms: udto, hapon, banggi

Derived terms

• aro-aga
• kaagahan
• pagkaaga

 

Bola

Noun

aga

1. canoe

References

• Brent Wiebe, Bola (Bola-Bakovi) Language Organized Phonology Data, p. 2

Bourbonnais-Berrichon

Alternative forms

• argarde (Moulins Dialect and Berrichon)

Verb

aga

1. look at (imperative mood)

Cornish

Alternative forms

• (short form) 'ga
• (following some prepositions) -'ga
• (Standard Cornish, short form) gà

Etymology

Apparently cognate with Welsh eu, Irish acu.

Pronunciation

(Revived Middle Cornish) IPA^(key): [ˌaɡa]

Determiner

aga (triggers aspirate mutation)

1. their

See also

Cornish personal pronouns

Number	Person (and gender)	Independent (subject)	Suffixed	Emphatic	Infixed	Possessive (dependent)
Singular	First	my ~ me	vy ~ ve, ma, a	evy	'm	owA, 'm, 'w1A
	Second	ty	jy, ta, sy1	tejy	'thM	dhaL, 'thM
	Third masculine	ev	ev, va	eev	'n	yL
	Third feminine	hi	hi	hyhi	's	hyA
	Third neuter2	hun hynn	hun hynn	4 hehynn	'h 'gh	eydhL hoL
Plural	First	ni	ni	nyni	'gan, 'n	agan, 'gan
	Second3	hwi	hwi	hwyhwi	'gas, 's	agas, 'gas
	Third	i	i	ynsi	's	agaA, 'gaA

¹ Uncommon.
² Not yet officially adopted.
³ Infrequently used as a formal alternative to the singular.
⁴ Source needed.

^L Triggers soft mutation ^A Triggers aspirate mutation ^M Triggers mixed mutation

Eskayan

Noun

aga

1. morning

Estonian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Conjunction

aga

1. but

   Synonyms: kuid, a (colloquial)

French

Alternative forms

• agha

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa, “lord, master”).

Noun

aga m (plural agas)

1. aga, agha

Further reading

• “aga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Preposition

aga

1. Alternative form of agás

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔa.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

aga (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ)

1. stick or candle of a leaf-wrapped pitch, which serves as a numerable unit of trade and a light source

Etymology 2

Noun

aga (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜤ)

1. punctuality

Usage notes

• This definition is not directly attested as a standalone word.

Derived terms

• maaga

 

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953) Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 20

Hiligaynon

Noun

aga (diminutive agá-ága)

1. morning

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā, “lord”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒɡɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: aga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

aga (plural agák)

1. agha

   A koppányi aga testamentuma (the title of a 1937 novel by István Fekete, cinematized in 1967)

   The Testament of Koppány’s Agha

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	aga	agák
accusative	agát	agákat
dative	agának	agáknak
instrumental	agával	agákkal
causal-final	agáért	agákért
translative	agává	agákká
terminative	agáig	agákig
essive-formal	agaként	agákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	agában	agákban
superessive	agán	agákon
adessive	agánál	agáknál
illative	agába	agákba
sublative	agára	agákra
allative	agához	agákhoz
elative	agából	agákból
delative	agáról	agákról
ablative	agától	agáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	agáé	agáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	agáéi	agákéi

Possessive forms of aga
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	agám	agáim
2nd person sing.	agád	agáid
3rd person sing.	agája	agái
1st person plural	agánk	agáink
2nd person plural	agátok	agáitok
3rd person plural	agájuk	agáik

Further reading

• aga 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
• aga in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Icelandic

Etymology

See the noun agi (“discipline”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɣa/
• Rhymes: -aːɣa

Verb

aga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative agaði, supine agað)

1. (transitive, with accusative) to discipline

Conjugation

aga — active voice (germynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að aga
supine (sagnbót)		agað
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		agandi
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég aga	við ögum	present (nútíð)	ég agi	við ögum
	þú agar	þið agið		þú agir	þið agið
	hann, hún, það agar	þeir, þær, þau aga		hann, hún, það agi	þeir, þær, þau agi
past (þátíð)	ég agaði	við öguðum	past (þátíð)	ég agaði	við öguðum
	þú agaðir	þið öguðuð		þú agaðir	þið öguðuð
	hann, hún, það agaði	þeir, þær, þau öguðu		hann, hún, það agaði	þeir, þær, þau öguðu
imperative (boðháttur)	aga (þú)	agið (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	agaðu	agiði *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

agast — mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive (nafnháttur)		að agast
supine (sagnbót)		agast
present participle (lýsingarháttur nútíðar)		agandist ** ** the mediopassive present participle is extremely rare and normally not used; it is never used attributively or predicatively, only for explicatory subclauses
	indicative (framsöguháttur)			subjunctive (viðtengingarháttur)
present (nútíð)	ég agast	við ögumst	present (nútíð)	ég agist	við ögumst
	þú agast	þið agist		þú agist	þið agist
	hann, hún, það agast	þeir, þær, þau agast		hann, hún, það agist	þeir, þær, þau agist
past (þátíð)	ég agaðist	við öguðumst	past (þátíð)	ég agaðist	við öguðumst
	þú agaðist	þið öguðust		þú agaðist	þið öguðust
	hann, hún, það agaðist	þeir, þær, þau öguðust		hann, hún, það agaðist	þeir, þær, þau öguðust
imperative (boðháttur)	agast (þú)	agist (þið)
	Forms with appended personal pronoun
	agastu	agisti *
* Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

agaður — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	agaður	öguð	agað		agaðir	agaðar	öguð
accusative (þolfall)	agaðan	agaða	agað		agaða	agaðar	öguð
dative (þágufall)	öguðum	agaðri	öguðu		öguðum	öguðum	öguðum
genitive (eignarfall)	agaðs	agaðrar	agaðs		agaðra	agaðra	agaðra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)				plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)		masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	agaði	agaða	agaða		öguðu	öguðu	öguðu
accusative (þolfall)	agaða	öguðu	agaða		öguðu	öguðu	öguðu
dative (þágufall)	agaða	öguðu	agaða		öguðu	öguðu	öguðu
genitive (eignarfall)	agaða	öguðu	agaða		öguðu	öguðu	öguðu

Related terms

• agi (“discipline, constraint”)

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaɡa]
• Hyphenation: aga

Etymology 1

From Malay aga, from Classical Malay اڬ (aga).

Adjective

aga

1. arrogant, conceited, haughty, snobbish.

   Synonyms: angkuh, sombong

Derived terms

• beraga
• keagaan
• mengagakan

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Kulisusu [Term?].

Noun

aga (first-person possessive agaku, second-person possessive agamu, third-person possessive aganya)

1. fish louse (Argulus spp.).

   Synonym: kutu ikan

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Wolio [Term?].

Verb

aga

1. to look with the intention of laughing or challenging

Further reading

• “aga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Irish

Etymology

Variant form of eang with semantic narrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡə/

Noun

aga m (genitive singular aga, nominative plural agaí)

1. period of time, interval
2. distance

Declension

Declension of aga (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aga agaí vocative a aga a agaí genitive aga agaí dative aga agaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aga na hagaí genitive an aga na n-agaí dative leis an aga don aga leis na hagaí

Derived terms

• agaigh (“space out, stagger”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aga

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aga	n-aga	haga	t-aga

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aga”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 75

Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• agu (Sotavento)

Etymology

From Portuguese água.

Noun

aga

1. (Barlavento) water

References

• Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
• Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Kikuyu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɣa/

Verb

aga (infinitive kwaga)

1. to lack, to miss, to fail to find

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• mwagi class 1

(Proverbs)

• ithĩnjĩro rĩtiagaga thakame
• (kanua) karĩ mata gatiagaga wa kuuga
• ng'enda thĩ ndĩagaga mũtegi
• nyũngũ ya mũingĩ ndĩagaga mũteng'ũri
• riko na nda itiagaga
• thũ ndĩagaga mwenji

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 360. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).
• Muiru, David N. (2007). Wĩrute Gĩgĩkũyũ: Marĩtwa ma Gĩgĩkũyũ Mataũrĩtwo Na Gĩthũngũ, p. 45.

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *apa.

Pronoun

aga

1. what (interrogative pronoun)

References

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*apa₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Ladin

Alternative forms

• ega (Cazét)

Etymology

From Latin aqua.

Noun

aga f (plural [please provide])

1. (Brach) water

Lindu

Conjunction

aga

1. if

Northern Kurdish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑːˈɡɑː/

Noun

aga m (Arabic spelling ئاگا)

1. Alternative form of agah

Declension

Declension of aga

Definite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	aga	aga
Construct	agayê	agayên
Oblique	agayî	agayan
Demonstrative oblique	wî agayî	wan agayan
Vocative	agayo	agayino
Indefinite masculine gender
Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	agayek	agayin
Construct	agayekî	agayine
Oblique	agayekî	agayinan

References

• Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aga”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 2

Northern Sotho

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

Verb

aga

1. to build

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːˌɡɑː/

Verb

āgā

1. inflection of āgān:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive
   3. singular imperative

Old Frisian

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *aigan (“to possess”). Cognates include Old English āgan and Old Saxon ēgan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɣa/

Verb

āga

1. (auxiliary) to have to

References

• Bremmer, Rolf H. (2009) An Introduction to Old Frisian: History, Grammar, Reader, Glossary, Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, →ISBN

Old Norse

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *agōną, related to agi (“terror”), from Proto-Germanic *agô, form of *agaz (“fear, dread”).

Verb

aga

1. to threaten
2. to look dangerous

Conjugation

Conjugation of aga — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	aga
present participle	agandi
past participle	agaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	aga	agaða
2nd-person singular	agar	agaðir
3rd-person singular	agar	agaði
1st-person plural	ǫgum	ǫguðum
2nd-person plural	agið	ǫguðuð
3rd-person plural	aga	ǫguðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	aga	agaða
2nd-person singular	agir	agaðir
3rd-person singular	agi	agaði
1st-person plural	agim	agaðim
2nd-person plural	agið	agaðið
3rd-person plural	agi	agaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	aga
1st-person plural	ǫgum
2nd-person plural	agið

Conjugation of aga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	agask
present participle	agandisk
past participle	agazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫgumk	ǫguðumk
2nd-person singular	agask	agaðisk
3rd-person singular	agask	agaðisk
1st-person plural	ǫgumsk	ǫguðumsk
2nd-person plural	agizk	ǫguðuzk
3rd-person plural	agask	ǫguðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	ǫgumk	ǫguðumk
2nd-person singular	agisk	agaðisk
3rd-person singular	agisk	agaðisk
1st-person plural	agimsk	agaðimsk
2nd-person plural	agizk	agaðizk
3rd-person plural	agisk	agaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	agask
1st-person plural	ǫgumsk
2nd-person plural	agizk

Related terms

• agi

References

• “aga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Polish

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ɡa/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga
• Homophone: Aga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Turkish ağa.

Noun

aga m pers

1. (Islam, military) agha (honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries)

Declension

Declension of aga

	singular	plural
nominative	aga	agowie
genitive	agi	agów
dative	adze	agom
accusative	agę	agów
instrumental	agą	agami
locative	adze	agach
vocative	ago	agowie

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

aga f

1. cane toad

   Synonyms: kururu, ropucha olbrzymia

Declension

Declension of aga

	singular	plural
nominative	aga	agi
genitive	agi	ag
dative	adze	agom
accusative	agę	agi
instrumental	agą	agami
locative	adze	agach
vocative	ago	agi

Further reading

• aga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Noun

aga f (plural agale)

1. Alternative form of agă

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	aga	agaua		agale	agalele
genitive-dative	agale	agalei		agale	agalelor
vocative	aga			agalelor

Rukai

Noun

aga

1. cooked rice

Scots

Alternative forms

• aggek, aagig

Etymology

Compare Norwegian akkar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːɡa/, /ˈaɡək/

Noun

aga (plural agas)

1. (Shetland) A variety of eight-armed cuttlefish

References

• “aga, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC.

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa) (Turkish ağa, aga).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ǎɡa/
• Hyphenation: a‧ga

Noun

àga m (Cyrillic spelling а̀га)

1. agha
2. (dated) master
3. (dated) patron

Declension

Declension of aga

	singular	plural
nominative	àga	age
genitive	age	ȃgā
dative	agi	agama
accusative	agu	age
vocative	ago	age
locative	agi	agama
instrumental	agom	agama

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡa/ [ˈa.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

Noun

aga m (plural agas)

1. Alternative form of agá

Further reading

• “aga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-aga (infinitive kuaga)

1. to say goodbye, to bid adieu to something

Conjugation

Conjugation of -aga
Positive present -naaga Subjunctive -age Negative -agi Imperative singular aga
Infinitives
Positive kuaga Negative kutoaga
Imperatives
Singular aga Plural ageni
Tensed forms
Habitual huaga Positive past positive subject concord + -liaga Negative past negative subject concord + -kuaga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -naaga) Singular Plural 1st person ninaaga/naaga tunaaga 2nd person unaaga mnaaga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anaaga wanaaga other classes positive subject concord + -naaga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -agi) Singular Plural 1st person siagi hatuagi 2nd person huagi hamwagi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) haagi hawaagi other classes negative subject concord + -agi
Positive future positive subject concord + -taaga Negative future negative subject concord + -taaga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -age) Singular Plural 1st person niage tuage 2nd person uage mwage 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aage waage other classes positive subject concord + -age
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -siage Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngeaga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singeaga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngaliaga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singaliaga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -aaga) Singular Plural 1st person naaga twaaga 2nd person waaga mwaaga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) aaga waaga m-mi(III/IV) waaga yaaga ji-ma(V/VI) laaga yaaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chaaga vyaaga n(IX/X) yaaga zaaga u(XI) waaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwaaga pa(XVI) paaga mu(XVIII) mwaaga
Perfect positive subject concord + -meaga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshaaga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jaaga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kiaga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipoaga Consecutive kaaga / positive subject concord + -kaaga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kaage
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -niaga -tuaga 2nd person -kuaga -waaga/-kuageni/-waageni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mwaga -waaga m-mi(III/IV) -uaga -iaga ji-ma(V/VI) -liaga -yaaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kiaga -viaga n(IX/X) -iaga -ziaga u(XI) -uaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kuaga pa(XVI) -paaga mu(XVIII) -muaga Reflexive -jiaga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -aga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -agaye -agao m-mi(III/IV) -agao -agayo ji-ma(V/VI) -agalo -agayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -agacho -agavyo n(IX/X) -agayo -agazo u(XI) -agao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -agako pa(XVI) -agapo mu(XVIII) -agamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -aga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yeaga -oaga m-mi(III/IV) -oaga -yoaga ji-ma(V/VI) -loaga -yoaga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -choaga -vyoaga n(IX/X) -yoaga -zoaga u(XI) -oaga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -koaga pa(XVI) -poaga mu(XVIII) -moaga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -agia
  • Causative: -agisha
  • Passive: -agwa
  • Reciprocal: -agana
  • Stative: -agika
  • Other formations: -aga dunia (“to die”)

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Norse agi.

Noun

aga c

1. (uncountable) corporal punishment (especially of children), beating

Declension

Declension of aga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	aga	agas
	definite	agan	agans
plural	indefinite	agor	agors
	definite	agorna	agornas

Related terms

• agaförbud
• barnaga

See also

• björkris
• smisk

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish agha.

Verb

aga (present agar, preterite agade, supine agat, imperative aga)

1. to beat, to punish corporally, to discipline

Conjugation

Conjugation of aga (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	aga		agas
Supine	agat		agats
Imperative	aga		—
Imper. plural1	agen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	agar	agade	agas	agades
Ind. plural1	aga	agade	agas	agades
Subjunctive2	age	agade	ages	agades
	Participles
Present participle	agande
Past participle	agad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آغا (ağa).

Noun

aga c

1. an agha (Turkish title)

Declension

Declension of aga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	aga	agas
	definite	agan	agans
plural	indefinite	agor	agors
	definite	agorna	agornas

References

• aga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• aga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• aga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *ága (“early; punctual”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔaɡa/ [ˈʔaː.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: a‧ga

Noun

aga (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜄ)

1. earliness

   Synonyms: kaagahan, agap

2. (obsolete) eating breakfast

Derived terms

• agahan
• kaumagahan
• kinaumagahan
• maaga
• maaga-aga
• maagahan
• madaling-umaga
• mag-aga
• mag-agahan
• magandang umaga
• magpaaga
• mapaaga
• paaga
• paagahin
• pang-umaga
• umaga
• umagahan
• umagahin
• umagang-umaga

 

Tswana

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-jáka, a variant of Proto-Bantu *-jíbaka.

Verb

aga

1. to build

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آغا (aghā).

Noun

aga (definite accusative agayı, plural agalar)

1. (dialectal) big brother
2. (dialectal) rich man
3. (colloquial) bro

   Aga niye öyle dedi 💀

   Why did bro say it like that 💀

References

• “aga”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

Turkmen

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [aːɣa]

Noun

aga

1. elder brother
2. paternal uncle

Further reading

• “aga” in Enedilim.com
• “aga” in Webonary.org

Yoruba

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

Noun

agà

1. Tree hyrax; (in particular) the Dendrohyrax interfluvialis

   Synonym: ọ̀fàfà

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

Noun

agà

1. ladder

   Synonyms: àkàsọ̀, àkàbà

2. (idiomatic) pubescent age; the age at which one becomes sexually mature

Derived terms

• bàlágà (“to reach the age of puberty”)

Etymology 3

Igi agà

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ā.ɡà/

Noun

agà

1. the tree Musanga cecropioides; also known as the African corkwood tree

Etymology 4

Àga

Compare with Edo aga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.ɡā/

Noun

àga

1. chair, stool

   Synonyms: ìjókòó, òtìtà, ìpèkù, iján, àpótí

Derived terms

• alága (“chairperson”)