gunga

== English == === Noun === gunga (uncountable) Dated form of ganja. === Anagrams === agung, ungag == Albanian == === Noun === gunga definite nominative singular of gungë indefinite nominative/accusative plural of gungë == Dyirbal == === Adjective === gunga (of fruits or nuts that ripen in the sun) Unripe, green. (in cooking) Raw, uncooked. (of humans and animals) Alive. ==== Usage notes ==== When translating Dyirbal into English, to use the term 'raw' is a rough translation; it may be better to say not yet ready for eating. So, if asking a Dyirbal speaker if something may be eaten gunga, you’ll be self-contradictive (like asking Can I eat this inedible thing?). ==== Antonyms ==== (antonym(s) of “unripe”): dungun (antonym(s) of “raw, uncooked”): nyamu (antonym(s) of “alive”): buga === References === Language in Danger, Andrew Dalby, 2003. == Icelandic == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkuŋka/ Rhymes: -uŋka === Noun === gunga f (genitive singular gungu, nominative plural gungur) coward, craven Synonyms: heigull, skræfa, bleyða, kveif ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gungulegur gunguskapur == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From Hindi गूंगा (gūṅgā). === Noun === gunga mute (a person who cannot speak) == Swedish == === Etymology === Onomatopoeic. === Noun === gunga c a swing (hanging seat or foothold) ==== Declension ==== === Verb === gunga (present gungar, preterite gungade, supine gungat, imperative gunga) to (cause to) swing (on a swing or the like) to push (when sounding more idiomatic) to (cause to) rock, to sway (e.g. in a rocking chair, or of a person) Synonym: (smaller movements) vagga ==== Usage notes ==== To (cause to) move smoothly back and forth. Sometimes also used for vertical motions, like on a teeter-totter (gungbräda). ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== gung gungbräda (“seesaw, teeter-totter”) gungig gungstol (“rocking chair”) gungning ==== See also ==== vagga === References === “gunga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) gunga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)