-ga
Estonian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Derived from kaasas, kaasa, which became a suffix. Cognate to Finnish kanssa, Finnish -kaa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hansō.
Suffix
[edit]-ga
- ending of the comitative case
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ga
- Added to nouns to form adjectives.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Ojibwe
[edit]Noun
[edit]-ga (obligatorily possessed)
Usage notes
[edit]-ga is used by some older speakers.
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ga-nad
Old English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-West Germanic *-gō, from Proto-Germanic *-gjô, *-gô (suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ga
- Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar names for pets.
Declension
[edit]Pali
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From the root to go. When used as the second element of an upapada tatpurusha, the vowel and final verbal roots ending in a nasal are reduced to their zero grade, /a/, which is then reinterpreted as the thematic vowel.
Adjective
[edit]-ga
Usage notes
[edit]The adjective may be used in an absolute sense, thereby yielding a noun. This suffix is not used as a free-standing adjective.
Declension
[edit]Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | -go | -gā |
Accusative (second) | -gaṃ | -ge |
Instrumental (third) | -gena | -gehi or -gebhi |
Dative (fourth) | -gassa or -gāya or -gatthaṃ | -gānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | -gasmā or -gamhā or -gā | -gehi or -gebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | -gassa | -gānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | -gasmiṃ or -gamhi or -ge | -gesu |
Vocative (calling) | -ga | -gā |
Case \ Number | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative (first) | -gaṃ | -gāni |
Accusative (second) | -gaṃ | -gāni |
Instrumental (third) | -gena | -gehi or -gebhi |
Dative (fourth) | -gassa or -gāya or -gatthaṃ | -gānaṃ |
Ablative (fifth) | -gasmā or -gamhā or -gā | -gehi or -gebhi |
Genitive (sixth) | -gassa | -gānaṃ |
Locative (seventh) | -gasmiṃ or -gamhi or -ge | -gesu |
Vocative (calling) | -ga | -gāni |
Derived terms
[edit]Words using this suffix are listed in their own category. Note that normally only the Latin script forms are listed, as etymology sections are normally restricted to the Latin script form.
Samoan
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ga
- Used to make a verb into a noun with a related meaning.
Somali
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ga
Tokelauan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *-ŋa. Cognates include Hawaiian -na and Samoan -ga.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ga
- Used to form nouns denoting the action of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing
- Used to form nouns denoting the event of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing
- Used to form nouns denoting the object of the suffixed verb.
Usage notes
[edit]- To make a distinction between the different senses of the suffix, the first vowel of the produced noun may be elongated:
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 133
Uzbek
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-ga
- to (dative case)
- Estonian terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Estonian lemmas
- Estonian suffixes
- Estonian inflectional suffixes
- Irish lemmas
- Irish suffixes
- Irish adjective-forming suffixes
- Ojibwe lemmas
- Ojibwe nouns
- Ojibwe animate nouns
- Ojibwe dependent animate nouns
- oj:Family
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic
- Old English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms derived from Proto-Germanic
- Old English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Old English lemmas
- Old English suffixes
- Old English terms with usage examples
- Old English masculine n-stem nouns
- Pali lemmas
- Pali adjectives
- Pali adjectives in Latin script
- Samoan lemmas
- Samoan suffixes
- Somali lemmas
- Somali suffixes
- Tokelauan terms inherited from Proto-Polynesian
- Tokelauan terms derived from Proto-Polynesian
- Tokelauan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tokelauan lemmas
- Tokelauan suffixes
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek suffixes