gege

See also: gēge, gége, gègè, gegë, gə̀gɛ́, and Gege

Alemannic German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German gegen. Cognate with German gegen.

Preposition

gege

1. against

   Mir hän gege si gspielt. ― We've played against them.

Adverb

gege

1. towards, at around, at about (temporally)

   I chume so gege di Sibni. ― I'm coming at around seven o'clock.

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡəɡə/ [ˈɡɨː.ɡɨ]
• Rhymes: -əɡə
• Syllabification: ge‧ge

Noun

gë́gë

1. hatred, hate
   • 2014 September, “Tet-ewa Ay Layad”, performed by Jeffrey Ettie:

     San layadmo, adim tapian si gëgë
     San layad sin pusom, adim dadaëlën

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. worm

Derived terms

• igege
• kagegege
• nagege

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933), “gége”, 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 167
• Allen, Larry (2021), “gége”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics
• Wallace, Judy (2018), “gege”, in Northern Kankanay – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Manchu

Romanization

gege

1. romanization of ᡤᡝᡤᡝ

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German gegen.

Preposition

gege

1. toward

   gege Nadde

   northwards

2. against

Tagalog

Etymology

A reduplication of an apheresis of sige.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈɡeɡe/ [ˈɡɛː.ɣɛ]
• Rhymes: -eɡe
• Syllabification: ge‧ge

Interjection

gege (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜒᜄᜒ) (slang)

1. sure; okay; all right

Derived terms

• awts gege

Yoruba

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡè.ɡé/

Noun

gègé

1. pen, pencil

   Synonyms: kálámù, báírò, kèké