"kanga" meaning in All languages combined

See kanga on Wiktionary

Noun [Abidji]

Head templates: {{head|abi|noun}} kanga
  1. crab Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-kanga-abi-noun-M0mpFffN Categories (other): Abidji entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Anyi]

Head templates: {{head|any|noun}} kanga
  1. crab Categories (lifeform): Animals
    Sense id: en-kanga-any-noun-M0mpFffN Categories (other): Anyi entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Baoule]

Head templates: {{head|bci|noun}} kanga
  1. crab
    Sense id: en-kanga-bci-noun-M0mpFffN Categories (other): Baoule entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Bongo]

IPA: /kàᵑɡà/
Head templates: {{head|bot|noun}} kanga
  1. ostrich
    Sense id: en-kanga-bot-noun-t2GW4AAQ Categories (other): Bongo entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Cebuano]

Head templates: {{head|ceb|noun}} kanga
  1. (pathology) leprosy Categories (topical): Diseases, Leprosy
    Sense id: en-kanga-ceb-noun-p6I9MhVs Categories (other): Cebuano entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences

Noun [English]

Forms: kangas [plural]
Etymology: From Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|pa|ਕੰਘਾ}} Punjabi ਕੰਘਾ (kaṅghā) Head templates: {{en-noun}} kanga (plural kangas)
  1. (Sikhism) A comb, required to be worn at all times by Sikhs, one of the five Ks. Tags: Sikhism Categories (topical): Sikhism Synonyms: kangha
    Sense id: en-kanga-en-noun-mqAOhsHC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 24 2 Disambiguation of Pages with 15 entries: 53 20 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 61 21 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: kangas [plural]
Etymology: From Swahili kanga. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|sw|kanga}} Swahili kanga Head templates: {{en-noun}} kanga (plural kangas)
  1. A colourful printed cotton garment worn by women in East Africa. Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-kanga-en-noun-MCyPARt0 Disambiguation of Clothing: 7 55 38
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

Forms: kangas [plural]
Etymology: From kangaroo, rhyming slang for screw. Head templates: {{en-noun}} kanga (plural kangas)
  1. (slang) A prison warder. Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-kanga-en-noun-SSSvMgVr
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Romanization [Japanese]

Head templates: {{head|ja|romanization|head=|sc=Latn}} kanga
  1. Rōmaji transcription of かんが Tags: Rōmaji, alt-of, romanization Alternative form of: かんが

Verb [Kituba]

Head templates: {{head|ktu|verb}} kanga
  1. to pack
    Sense id: en-kanga-ktu-verb-MTxq6TkK Categories (other): Kituba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kituba entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. to close
    Sense id: en-kanga-ktu-verb-zpwyn4Fc Categories (other): Kituba entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kituba entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb [Kongo]

Head templates: {{head|kg|verb}} kanga
  1. to pack
    Sense id: en-kanga-kg-verb-MTxq6TkK Categories (other): Kongo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kongo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. to close
    Sense id: en-kanga-kg-verb-zpwyn4Fc Categories (other): Kongo entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Kongo entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb [Lingala]

Head templates: {{head|ln|verb}} kanga
  1. to pack
    Sense id: en-kanga-ln-verb-MTxq6TkK Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lingala entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. to close
    Sense id: en-kanga-ln-verb-zpwyn4Fc Categories (other): Lingala entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Lingala entries with incorrect language header: 50 50

Verb [Luba-Kasai]

Head templates: {{head|lua|verb}} kanga
  1. to fry
    Sense id: en-kanga-lua-verb-hpGSKWv3 Categories (other): Luba-Kasai entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries

Noun [Old Tupi]

Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaŋ, from Proto-Tupian *kaŋ. Cognate with Mbyá Guaraní kã. Etymology templates: {{etymon|tpw|inh|tup-gua-pro>*kaŋ>bone|id=bone|text=++}} Inherited from Proto-Tupi-Guarani *kaŋ, from Proto-Tupian *kaŋ., {{cog|gun|kã}} Mbyá Guaraní kã Head templates: {{head|tpw|noun|possessable|||||||||||o ekanga|||||cat2=|cat3=possessable nouns|cat4=|head=}} kanga (possessable), {{tpw-noun|p}} kanga (possessable)
  1. bone (component of a skeleton) Categories (topical): Bones
    Sense id: en-kanga-tpw-noun-SnwggZCw Disambiguation of Bones: 70 30
  2. frame (structural elements of a building or other constructed object)
    Sense id: en-kanga-tpw-noun-oiKbpiMt Categories (other): Old Tupi entries with etymology texts, Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries with etymology texts: 33 67 Disambiguation of Old Tupi entries with incorrect language header: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: akanga, arukanga, kang, kangûera, pepokanga, pynhûãkanga, sûasukanga, ymãkanga, îybakanga, îybapekanga

Verb [Shona]

Forms: -kángá [canonical], kukángá [infinitive]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *-kánga. Etymology templates: {{inh|sn|bnt-pro|*-kánga}} Proto-Bantu *-kánga Head templates: {{head|sn|verb|infinitive|kukángá|head=-kángá}} -kángá (infinitive kukángá), {{sn-verb|H}} -kángá (infinitive kukángá)
  1. to fry
    Sense id: en-kanga-sn-verb-hpGSKWv3 Categories (other): Pages with 15 entries, Pages with entries, Shona entries with incorrect language header

Noun [Swahili]

IPA: /ˈkɑ.ᵑɡɑ/ Audio: Sw-ke-kanga.flac Forms: kanga [plural]
Etymology: From Proto-Bantu *nkángà. Etymology templates: {{inh|sw|bnt-pro|*nkángà}} Proto-Bantu *nkángà Head templates: {{head|sw|noun|head=}} kanga, {{sw-noun|n}} kanga (n class, plural kanga)
  1. kanga (garment) Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-kanga-sw-noun-zjvoYkYl Disambiguation of Clothing: 99 1
  2. guinea fowl Tags: class-10, class-9 Categories (lifeform): Fowls
    Sense id: en-kanga-sw-noun-h3gSsLz8 Disambiguation of Fowls: 18 82 Categories (other): Swahili entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Swahili entries with incorrect language header: 42 58
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: khanga

Noun [Yoruba]

IPA: /kã̀.ɡā/ Forms: kànga [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|yo|noun|head=kànga|head2=}} kànga, {{yo-pos|noun|kànga|}} kànga, {{yo-noun|kànga}} kànga
  1. water well, a shallow well Synonyms: Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kàngaview map (english: well), kànǹgaRAVENÌlọrinÌlọrinkàngaRAVEN, kànǹgaRAVENOǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENÌwàjówà LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENKájọlà LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENÌsẹ́yìn LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENṢakí West LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENAtisbo LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENỌlọ́runṣògo LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kàngaRAVEN, kànǹgaRAVENStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàkàngaRAVEN, kànǹgaRAVENBɛ̀nɛ̀kàngaRAVEN, kànǹgaRAVENNortheast Yoruba, OkunOwéKabbagbògaRAVENEde Languages, Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀AkpárékàgaRAVENAtakpamékàgaRAVENTchettikàgaRAVEN, kànǹga Derived forms: kànga ẹlẹ́rọ (english: deepwell), kànga ìgbàlódé (english: deepwell), kàngádẹ̀rọ (english: borehole, electric well)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "audio": "Sw-ke-kanga.flac",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Sw-ke-kanga.flac/Sw-ke-kanga.flac.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/0a/Sw-ke-kanga.flac/Sw-ke-kanga.flac.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "khanga"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sw:kanga"
  ],
  "word": "kanga"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "deepwell",
      "word": "kànga ẹlẹ́rọ"
    },
    {
      "english": "deepwell",
      "word": "kànga ìgbàlódé"
    },
    {
      "english": "borehole, electric well",
      "word": "kàngádẹ̀rọ"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "kànga",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "yo",
        "2": "noun",
        "head": "kànga",
        "head2": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kànga",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "noun",
        "2": "kànga",
        "3": ""
      },
      "expansion": "kànga",
      "name": "yo-pos"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "kànga"
      },
      "expansion": "kànga",
      "name": "yo-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Yoruba",
  "lang_code": "yo",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ifè links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Itsekiri links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Olukumi links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Pages with 15 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Yoruba entries with incorrect language header",
        "Yoruba lemmas",
        "Yoruba links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Yoruba nouns",
        "Yoruba terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "water well, a shallow well"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "water",
          "water"
        ],
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "shallow",
          "shallow"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/kã̀.ɡā/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "well",
      "word": "Yoruba Varieties and Languages - kàngaview map"
    },
    {
      "word": "kànǹgaRAVENÌlọrinÌlọrinkàngaRAVEN"
    },
    {
      "word": "kànǹgaRAVENOǹkóÌtẹ̀síwájú LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENÌwàjówà LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENKájọlà LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENÌsẹ́yìn LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENṢakí West LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENAtisbo LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENỌlọ́runṣògo LGAkẹ̀ngaRAVENỌ̀yọ́Ọ̀yọ́kàngaRAVEN"
    },
    {
      "word": "kànǹgaRAVENStandard YorùbáNàìjíríàkàngaRAVEN"
    },
    {
      "word": "kànǹgaRAVENBɛ̀nɛ̀kàngaRAVEN"
    },
    {
      "word": "kànǹgaRAVENNortheast Yoruba"
    },
    {
      "word": "OkunOwéKabbagbògaRAVENEde Languages"
    },
    {
      "word": "Southwest YorubaIfɛ̀AkpárékàgaRAVENAtakpamékàgaRAVENTchettikàgaRAVEN"
    },
    {
      "word": "kànǹga"
    }
  ],
  "word": "kanga"
}

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{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: possessable",
  "path": [
    "kanga"
  ],
  "section": "Old Tupi",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "kanga",
  "trace": ""
}

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