gaa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gaa"

Translingual

Etymology

From English Ga with a as a placeholder.

Symbol

gaa

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Ga.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Ga terms

Ahtna

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *gaˑ. Compare Lower Tanana jo.

Demonstrative

gaa

1. here
2. this place

Derived terms

• gaade (“at this time, now”)
• gaaduʼ (“right here”)
• gaane (“these people”)
• gaanen (“this person”)
• gaani (“this thing”)
• gah (“here, take it!”)

See also

• gha
• yet

References

• Kari, James (1990), Ahtna Athabaskan Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 178

Alemannic German

Alternative forms

• ga, gah, gan, ge, gi, go, goo, goh, gou

Etymology

From Old High German gān, from Proto-Germanic *gāną. Compare German gehen, Dutch gaan, English go, Swedish gå, Crimean Gothic geen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑː/

Verb

gaa (third-person singular simple present gaat, past participle ggange, past subjunctive gieng, auxiliary sii)

1. to go
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ‘s Heiwili, I.5:

     Dr Vater goht und lot's älei.

     The father goes, and leaves her alone.

   • 1978, Rolf Lyssy & Christa Maerker, Die Schweizermacher, (transcript):

     Ga, mach uf. Schnell, Carlo!

     Go and open the door. Quickly, Carlo!

Conjugation

Strong:

Conjugation of gaa – Urner dialect

infinitive		gaa
past participle		ggange
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	gaa	gaasch	gaat	gaa	gäänt, gëënt	gaa
subjunctive	present	gëë, gäng, gängi	gëëesch, gängesch	gëë, gäng, gängi	gëëe, gange	gëëet, gange	gëëe, gange
	past	gieng, giengi	giengesch	gieng, giengi	gienge	gienget	gienge
imperative	affirmative	—	gang	—	—	gänt, gënt	—

Mixed:

Conjugation of gaa – Urner dialect

infinitive		gaa
past participle		ggange
		singular			plural
		1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
		ich, i	du	er/si/es	mir	ir	si
indicative	present	gaa	gaasch	gaat	gaa	gäänt, gëënt	gaa
subjunctive	present	gëë, gäng, gängi	gëëesch, gängesch	gëë, gäng, gängi	gëëe, gange	gëëet, gange	gëëe, gange
	past	gät, gäti	gätesch	gät, gäti	gäte	gätet	gäte
imperative	affirmative	—	gang	—	—	gänt, gënt	—

References

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 82.

Central Dusun

Noun

gaa

1. award

Garo

Verb

gaa

1. to climb

Kalkoti

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws

Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš

Sanskrit गो (gó)

Sanskrit *गावा (*gāvā)

Kalkoti gaa

Inherited from Sanskrit *गावा (*gāvā), from गो (gó), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *gā́wš, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws.

Noun

gaa

1. cow

References

• Liljegren, Henrik (2013), “Notes on Kalkoti: A Shina Language with Strong Kohistani Influences”, in Linguistic Discovery‎^[1], volume 11, number 1, →DOI

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit गात्र (gātra, “limb”). Cognate with Assamese গা (ga).

Noun

gaa

1. body

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology 1

Noun

gaa (plural gagaa, third person singular possession gaaꞌn)

1. field

Etymology 2

Verb

gaa

1. past of gakiaꞌ

References

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016), Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎^[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 59