panga

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English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Swahili panga (machete).

Noun

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panga (plural pangas)

  1. (East Africa, South Africa) A large broad-bladed knife.
    • 1967, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, A Grain of Wheat, EAEP, published 2008, page 77:
      She turned to the small basket she was carrying and took out a panga.
    • 1978, André Brink, Rumours of Rain, Vintage, published 2000, page 73:
      Charlie had told me what it had looked like immediately after the riots. Bodies hacked to pieces with pangas.
    • 1994, Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom, Abacus, published 2010, page 690:
      I pleaded with them to lay down their arms, to take each other's hands in peace: ‘Take your guns, your knives and your pangas, and throw them into the sea!’
Translations
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Etymology 2

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Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, mud- or brown-coloured fish).

Noun

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panga (plural pangas)

  1. Any of various edible freshwater fish of the genus Pangasius, native to southeast Asia, especially the iridescent shark, Pangasius hypophthalmus, now reclassified as Pangasianodon hypophthalmus.
  2. A type of modest-sized, open, outboard-powered, fishing boat common throughout much of the developing world, including Central America, the Caribbean, parts of Africa, the Middle East, and much of Asia.
Translations
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Etymology 3

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From Spanish panga (motorboat).

Noun

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panga (plural pangas)

  1. A small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America.

See also

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Anagrams

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Bikol Central

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah, from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈŋa/ [paˈŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

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pangá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. (anatomy) jaw, jawbone
    Synonym: salang

Etymology 2

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /paˈŋa/ [paˈŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

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pangá (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. a framework built on a boat over which the large, thick mat is placed so that it may serve as an awning

Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpaŋa/ [ˈpa.ŋa]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

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pánga (Basahan spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. a mark that one places on a tree that one has sown with a root crop, so that no one else will cut the tree or work the field

Cebuano

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

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panga

  1. a forked stick

Cuyunon

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Noun

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panga

  1. (anatomy) jaw

Dutch

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Etymology

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Probably borrowed from English panga, from New Latin Pangasius, ultimately from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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panga m (plural panga's)

  1. panga, pangasius, swai; fish of the genus Pangasius, especially when used as food
    Synonym: pangasius

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Eastern Bontoc

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

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panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Estonian

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Noun

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panga

  1. genitive singular of pank

Ibaloi

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

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panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Iraqw

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Etymology

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From Swahili panga.

Noun

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panga f (plural pangadu n)

  1. knife

References

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  • Mous, Maarten, Qorro, Martha, Kießling, Roland (2002) Iraqw-English Dictionary (Kuschitische Sprachstudien), volume 18, Köln, Germany: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag, →ISBN, page 69

Kankanaey

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Pronunciation

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  • (Standard Kankanaey) IPA(key): /ˈpaŋa/ [ˈpaː.ŋʌ]
  • Rhymes: -aŋa
  • Syllabification: pa‧nga

Noun

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panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Kapampangan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /pəˈŋa/ [pəˈŋä]
  • Hyphenation: pa‧nga

Noun

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panga

  1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

Karao

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

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panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Kayapa Kallahan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

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panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Lubuagan Kalinga

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

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panga

  1. branch (of a tree)

Nga La

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Etymology

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From Proto-Kuki-Chin *ŋaa, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan *l/b-ŋa.

Numeral

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panga

  1. five

References

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  • Matu (Chin) Dictionary by Ropna Saruum, Matupi 2007

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈpanɡa/ [ˈpãŋ.ɡa]
  • Rhymes: -anɡa
  • Syllabification: pan‧ga

Noun

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panga f (plural pangas)

  1. (Latin America) panga (small inflatable motorboat used in Latin America)
  2. (Spain) swai, iridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus)
  3. (zoology) torpedo scad (Pterogymnus laniarius)

Further reading

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Swahili

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panga

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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panga (n class, plural panga)

  1. machete, panga (broad knife)
    • 2019 June 10, “Wanawake wa Kigoma watoroka wakihofia wabakaji Tanzania maarufu 'Teleza' [Kigoma women flee in fear of Tanzanian rapists 'Teleza']”, in BBC News Swahili[1]:
      'Silaha yao (teleza) kubwa ni kisu na panga.'
      'Their (Teleza's) chief weapons are the knife and the machete.'
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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-panga (infinitive kupanga)

  1. to arrange, classify, plan, organize, set up
    • 2018 December 13, “'John Bolton amepewa jukumu la kupanga jinsi ya kuniangamiza' ['John Bolton has been given the job of planning how to destroy me']”, in BBC News Swahili[2]:
      Bwana Maduro aliwahi kuituhumu Marekani, Colombia na upinzani kwa kupanga njama ya kumuua.
      Mr. Maduro has accused the United States, Colombia, and the opposition of plotting to kill him.
  2. to rent
  3. to live together, cohabit
  4. (with mtoto) to adopt
    Synonym: -asilisha
    • 2017 February 7, “Madona aruhusiwa kupanga watoto 2 kutoka Malawi”, in BBC News Swahili[3]:
      Madona aruhusiwa kupanga watoto 2 kutoka Malawi
      Madonna is allowed to adopt 2 children from Malawi
Conjugation
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Conjugation of -panga
Positive present -napanga
Subjunctive -pange
Negative -pangi
Imperative singular panga
Infinitives
Positive kupanga
Negative kutopanga
Imperatives
Singular panga
Plural pangeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupanga
Positive past positive subject concord + -lipanga
Negative past negative subject concord + -kupanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napanga)
Singular Plural
1st person ninapanga/napanga tunapanga
2nd person unapanga mnapanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapanga wanapanga
other classes positive subject concord + -napanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pangi)
Singular Plural
1st person sipangi hatupangi
2nd person hupangi hampangi
3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapangi hawapangi
other classes negative subject concord + -pangi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapanga
Negative future negative subject concord + -tapanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pange)
Singular Plural
1st person nipange tupange
2nd person upange mpange
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apange wapange
other classes positive subject concord + -pange
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipange
Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepanga
Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepanga
Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipanga
Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apanga)
Singular Plural
1st person napanga twapanga
2nd person wapanga mwapanga
3rd person m-wa(I/II) apanga wapanga
m-mi(III/IV) wapanga yapanga
ji-ma(V/VI) lapanga yapanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapanga vyapanga
n(IX/X) yapanga zapanga
u(XI) wapanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) kwapanga
pa(XVI) papanga
mu(XVIII) mwapanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepanga
"Already" positive subject concord + -meshapanga
"Not yet" negative subject concord + -japanga
"If/When" positive subject concord + -kipanga
"If not" positive subject concord + -sipopanga
Consecutive kapanga / positive subject concord + -kapanga
Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapange
Object concord (indicative positive)
Singular Plural
1st person -nipanga -tupanga
2nd person -kupanga -wapanga/-kupangeni/-wapangeni
3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpanga -wapanga
m-mi(III/IV) -upanga -ipanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lipanga -yapanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipanga -vipanga
n(IX/X) -ipanga -zipanga
u(XI) -upanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kupanga
pa(XVI) -papanga
mu(XVIII) -mupanga
Reflexive -jipanga
Relative forms
General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -panga- + relative marker)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -pangaye -pangao
m-mi(III/IV) -pangao -pangayo
ji-ma(V/VI) -pangalo -pangayo
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pangacho -pangavyo
n(IX/X) -pangayo -pangazo
u(XI) -pangao see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -pangako
pa(XVI) -pangapo
mu(XVIII) -pangamo
Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -panga)
Singular Plural
m-wa(I/II) -yepanga -opanga
m-mi(III/IV) -opanga -yopanga
ji-ma(V/VI) -lopanga -yopanga
ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopanga -vyopanga
n(IX/X) -yopanga -zopanga
u(XI) -opanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class
ku(XV/XVII) -kopanga
pa(XVI) -popanga
mu(XVIII) -mopanga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Etymology

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pang (bang) +‎ -a

Verb

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panga (present pangar, preterite pangade, supine pangat, imperative panga)

  1. (colloquial) to bang (emit bangs, for example by shooting)
    att panga
    to keep shooting
  2. (colloquial) to break (usually a window)
    Han pangade en ruta med en felriktad spark på bollen
    He broke a window with a misaligned kick on the ball

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Tagalog

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

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pangá (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜅ)

  1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone
    Synonym: sihang

Anagrams

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West Albay Bikol

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Etymology

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

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panga

  1. (anatomy) jaw; jawbone

Yogad

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *paŋa.

Noun

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pangá

  1. branch (of a tree)

Etymology 2

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Inherited from Proto-Philippine *paŋah.

Noun

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pangá

  1. (anatomy) (lower) jaw