gagana

== Javanese == === Romanization === gagana romanization of ꦒꦒꦤ == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Sanskrit गगन (gagana, “atmosphere, sky, firmament, air”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.ɡa.na/ Rhymes: -na Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧na === Noun === gagana atmosphere, sky firmament air ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Javanese: ꦒꦒꦤ (gagana) (inherited) > Javanese: ꦒꦼꦒꦤ (gegana) (inherited)→ Indonesian: gegana === Further reading === "gagana" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982. == Samoan == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Compare Tuvaluan ngangana. === Noun === gagana language ==== Derived terms ==== gagana fa'aaloalo == Tokelauan == === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Cognates include Tuvaluan ngangana and Samoan gagana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ŋa.ˈŋa.na] Hyphenation: ga‧ga‧na === Noun === gagana language === Verb === gagana (intransitive) to talk, speak ==== Derived terms ==== === References === R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 135 == Tuvaluan == === Alternative forms === ggana (southern dialects) === Etymology === From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *ŋaŋana, from Proto-Polynesian *ŋana (“to chatter”). Compare Samoan gagana. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ŋa.ˈŋa.na/ === Noun === gagana language ==== Usage notes ==== Used mainly in northern dialects; the southern form is ggana.