Inga
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== Translingual ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Of South American origin
==== Proper noun ====
Inga f
A taxonomic genus within the family Fabaceae – small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals.
===== Hypernyms =====
(genus in Fabaceae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, fabids – clades; Fabales – order; Fabaceae – family; Mimosoideae – subfamily; Ingeae – tribe
===== Hyponyms =====
(genus in Fabaceae): Inga vera – type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
==== References ====
Inga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Inga (Fabaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Inga at USDA Plants database
=== Etymology 2 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Proper noun ====
Inga f
A taxonomic genus within the family Oecophoridae – certain of the concealer moths.
===== Hypernyms =====
(genus in Oecophoridae): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Gelechioidea – superfamily; Oecophoridae – family; Oecophorinae – subfamily
===== Hyponyms =====
(genus in Oecophoridae): See Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
==== References ====
Inga (moth) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Inga (Oecophoridae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
== English ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
From Meitei language.
==== Proper noun ====
Inga
The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Danish, Norwegian, Swedish Inga etc., all from Old Norse Inga.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈɪŋɡə/
==== Proper noun ====
Inga
A female given name from Old Norse.
== Danish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse Inga.
=== Proper noun ===
Inga
a female given name from Old Norse
==== Usage notes ====
More common in Denmark in the form Inge.
== Estonian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse Inga.
=== Proper noun ===
Inga
a female given name
==== Related terms ====
Inge, Ingel, Ingrid
== Faroese ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse Inga.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɪŋːka/
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f
a female given name
==== Usage notes ====
Matronymics
son of Inga: Inguson
daughter of Inga: Ingudóttir
==== Declension ====
== French ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɛ̃.ɡa/
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f
a female given name
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Inga
a female given name, variant of Inge
== Icelandic ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse Inga.
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f (proper noun, genitive singular Ingu)
a female given name
==== Declension ====
== Italian ==
=== Etymology ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡa/
Rhymes: -inɡa
Hyphenation: Ìn‧ga
=== Proper noun ===
Inga m or f by sense
a surname
=== Further reading ===
Stefano Ravara, Mappa dei Cognomi, 2015–2026
== Latvian ==
=== Etymology ===
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From Old Norse Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish Inga.
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f
a female given name
==== Related terms ====
Ingrīda
Inguna
=== References ===
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, →ISBN
[1] Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
== Lithuanian ==
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f
a female given name
== Norwegian ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.
=== Proper noun ===
Inga
a female given name
==== Related terms ====
female given names: Ingebjørg, Ingeborg, Inger, Ingjerd, Ingrid, Ingunn, Ingvild
male given names: Inge and its variants
== Old English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈin.ɡɑ/, [ˈiŋ.ɡɑ]
=== Proper noun ===
Inga m
a male given name
=== External links ===
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Inga
== Old High German ==
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f
a female given name
==== References ====
Ernst Förstemann (1856), Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1[2], Naudhausen: Verlag Ferd. Förstemann, column 783
== Old Norse ==
=== Etymology ===
A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god Ing or Yngvi").
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f (genitive Ingu)
a female given name
==== Descendants ====
Danish: Inga, Inge
Faroese: Inga
Icelandic: Inga
Norwegian: Inga
Swedish: Inga
== Slovak ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈiŋɡa/
=== Proper noun ===
Inga f (genitive singular Ingy, nominative plural Ingy, declension pattern of žena)
a diminutive of the female given name Ingrida
==== Declension ====
=== Further reading ===
“Ingrida”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026
== Swedish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Old Norse Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of Ingeborg and Ingrid.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Proper noun ===
Inga c (genitive Ingas)
a female given name
==== Related terms ====
female given names: Ing, Ingalill, Ingeborg, Ingegerd, Ingegärd, Ingela, Inger, Ingrid, Ingvor
male given names: Inge and its variants
=== References ===
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
[3] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
=== Anagrams ===
niga