gaga
التعريفات والمعاني
== English ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/, /ˈɡɑːɡə/
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from French gaga.
==== Adjective ====
gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga) (informal)
Mentally senile.
Crazy.
Infatuated.
===== Usage notes =====
As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.
===== Derived terms =====
===== Descendants =====
→ Translingual: Gaga
===== Translations =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Noun ====
gaga (uncountable)
Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”).
== Balinese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡə/
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Old Javanese gagā (“dry field”).
==== Noun ====
gaga (Balinese script ᬕᬕ)
field
=== Etymology 2 ===
Borrowed from Old Javanese gāgā, gāgak, gagak (“crow”), from Old Javanese *gakgak (“caw, as a crow; raucous talking of people”). Doublet of gagak.
==== Noun ====
gaga (Balinese script ᬕᬵᬕᬵ)
crow
=== Further reading ===
“gaga”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
== Barngarla ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/
=== Noun ===
gaga
head
=== References ===
Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56. Part 1 Part 2
Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.
== Central Bikol ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Spanish gaga.
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡa.ɡa]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
==== Noun ====
gága (Basahan spelling ᜄᜄ)
(vulgar, offensive) feminine of gago
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈɡaʔ.ɡaʔ]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
==== Verb ====
gâgâ (plural garaga, Basahan spelling ᜄᜄ)
(Naga) to boil
Synonym: laga
===== Derived terms =====
===== See also =====
== French ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa/
==== Adjective ====
gaga (plural gagas)
(informal) gaga (senile)
Synonyms: fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
(informal) gaga (crazy)
Synonyms: fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
(informal) gaga (infatuated)
===== Descendants =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Occitan gagas, from Latin gagates
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa/
(Saint-Étienne) IPA(key): [ɡaɡɑ], IPA(key): [ɡaɡɒ]
==== Adjective ====
gaga (plural gagas)
(relational, Saint-Étienne dialect, informal) Stéphanois, of Saint-Étienne.
Synonym: stéphanois
===== Derived terms =====
parler gaga
===== Related terms =====
gagasse
==== Noun ====
gaga m or f (plural gagas)
(Saint-Étienne dialect, informal) Stéphanois, person living in Saint-Étienne.
Synonym: Stéphanois
(linguistics, by ellipsis) the parler gaga, a French variety spoken in the French city of Saint-Étienne, the North of the Forez and around.
Synonym: parler gaga
=== See also ===
gône
=== Further reading ===
“gaga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
=== References ===
== Ga ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/
=== Noun ===
gaga (plural gagai)
any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant
=== See also ===
tsatsu
tsatsutsuru
gbense
== Gamilaraay ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/
=== Noun ===
gaga
wine
=== References ===
(2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement
== German ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): [ˈɡaɡa]
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
=== Adjective ===
gaga (strong nominative masculine singular gagaer, not comparable)
(predicative, colloquial) gaga
=== Further reading ===
“gaga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“gaga” in Duden online
“gaga” in Duden online
== Iban ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɡaɡa/
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
==== Adjective ====
gaga
happy
===== Derived terms =====
pengaga
=== Etymology 2 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
IPA(key): /ɡaɡaʔ/
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
==== Verb ====
gaga
make, do
== Indonesian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
(Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡa.ɡa]
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: ga‧ga
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, “dry field”), from Old Javanese gagā (“non-irrigated rice-field”), ultimately probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *tkɔɔʔ ~ *tkɔɔh (“island”) (compare to Khmer កោះ (kɑh), Thai เกาะ (gɔ̀), Lao ເກາະ (kǫ), Vietnamese gò).
==== Noun ====
gaga (plural gaga-gaga)
(agriculture) dry field
Synonym: huma
===== Alternative forms =====
gogo
===== Derived terms =====
===== Related terms =====
=== Etymology 2 ===
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
==== Noun ====
gaga (plural gaga-gaga)
(zoology) blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper, yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus)
=== Further reading ===
“gaga”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
== Isoko ==
=== Adverb ===
gaga
a lot
== Japanese ==
=== Romanization ===
gaga
Rōmaji transcription of がが
== Javanese ==
=== Romanization ===
gaga
romanization of ꦒꦒ
== Kankanaey ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡaː.ɡʌ]
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: ga‧ga
=== Noun ===
gága
act of chewing, munching, masticating
==== Derived terms ====
=== References ===
Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “gága”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)[1], Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155
Allen, Larry (2021), “gága”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
== Lindu ==
=== Adverb ===
gaga
very
== Lower Tanana ==
=== Etymology ===
From Proto-Athabaskan *ɢeˑɢə. Compare Ahtna ggaay (“offspring, creature”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /kækæ/, /qæqæ/
=== Noun ===
gaga (possessed form gaga', gage')
animal
creature
==== Derived terms ====
tu gaga' (“waterfowl”)
ts'edzegak/ts'edzegaga/ts'ets'egaga (“chickadee”)
tetl gage' (“little brown bat”)
=== References ===
Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 177
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Rhymes: -aɡɐ
Hyphenation: ga‧ga
=== Noun ===
gaga f (plural gagas)
female equivalent of gago
=== Adjective ===
gaga
feminine singular of gago
=== Further reading ===
“gaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Romanian ==
=== Etymology ===
Borrowed from French gaga.
=== Adjective ===
gaga m or f or n (indeclinable)
(informal) gaga (senile)
==== Declension ====
== Salar ==
=== Noun ===
gaga (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
brother
== Sentinelese ==
=== Etymology ===
Possibly from Proto-Ongan *dag.
=== Noun ===
gaga
coconut
==== Usage notes ====
No attestation of this word exists.
It's been clamed to have been recorded alongside the word "laha" (to give), but this claim is dubious.
== Spanish ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡa.ɣ̞a]
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: ga‧ga
=== Noun ===
gaga f (plural gagas)
female equivalent of gago
=== Adjective ===
gaga f
feminine singular of gago
== Tagalog ==
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Spanish gaga, feminine form of gago.
==== Alternative forms ====
g*ga — bowdlerization
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡaː.ɣɐ]
Rhymes: -aɡa
Syllabification: ga‧ga
==== Adjective ====
gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)
feminine of gago
===== Derived terms =====
kagagahan
==== Noun ====
gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)
feminine of gago
=== Etymology 2 ===
From Sanskrit [Term?]. Compare Malay gagah (“compulsive force; dominant; masterful; strong”).
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡa/ [ɡɐˈɣa]
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: ga‧ga
==== Noun ====
gagá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ)
usurpation; unlawful seizure (of power, rights, property, etc.)
Synonym: pangangagaw
rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)
Synonyms: gahasa, paggahasa
gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
Synonym: busal
(obsolete) ban; prohibition
===== Derived terms =====
=== Etymology 3 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/ [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: ga‧ga
==== Noun ====
gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)
restlessness; mischief
===== Derived terms =====
==== See also ====
=== Etymology 4 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ɡaˈɡaʔ/ [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
Rhymes: -aʔ
Syllabification: ga‧ga
==== Noun ====
gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)
name of the Baybayin letter ᜄ, corresponding to "ga"
==== See also ====
=== Etymology 5 ===
==== Pronunciation ====
(Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈɡaɡaʔ/ [ˈɡaː.ɣɐʔ]
Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
Syllabification: ga‧ga
==== Noun ====
gagà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (botany, obsolete)
a type of nettle
=== Further reading ===
“gaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018
Noceda, Fr. Juan José de; Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860), Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves, y coordinado por…, ultimamente aumentado y corregido por varios religiosos de la Orden de Agustinos calzados.[2] (overall work in Spanish and Classical Tagalog), Manila: Ramírez y Giraudier.
San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613), Vocabulario de lengua tagala. El romance castellano puesto primero. Primera, y segunda parte.[3] (overall work in Early Modern Spanish and Classical Tagalog), as directed by Gov. Gen. Juan de Silva, Pila, Laguna: La noble Villa de Pila, por Tomás Pinpin y Domingo Loag.
page 327: “G) Gaga (pc) letra del abeçedario tagalog .|. gaga yaon .|. ᜄ . otra . G . tienen eſtos que llamamos gangoſa, eſcriueſe . g̃ . | ᜅ.”
page 371: “Inuencion) Gaga (pp) o traça”
page 582: “Traça) Gaga (pp) o inuentiba”
=== Anagrams ===
agag, ag-ag
== Turkish ==
=== Etymology ===
From Ottoman Turkish غاغا.
=== Pronunciation ===
=== Noun ===
gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)
bill, beak
==== Declension ====
==== Derived terms ====
gagalamak
==== See also ====
tumşuk
=== References ===
Redhouse, James W. (1890), “غاغا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[4], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334
== Yoruba ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /ɡá.ɡà/
=== Noun ===
gágà
(rare) eyeglasses, goggles, sunshade
Synonym: ìgò