sanga

See also: Sanga and saṅga

Languages (36)

English

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Aklanon • Bambara • Banjarese • Bikol Central • Buhi'non Bikol • Butuanon • Capiznon • Cebuano • Cuyunon • Esperanto • Higaonon • Hiligaynon • Iriga Bicolano • Japanese • Javanese • Libon Bikol • Limos Kalinga • Lindu • Lingala • Mansaka • Maranao • Masbate Sorsogon • Masbatenyo • Miraya Bikol • Northern Catanduanes Bicolano • Old English • Old Javanese • Southern Catanduanes Bicolano • Sumerian • Tagalog • Tausug • Ternate • Waray Sorsogon • Waray-Waray • West Albay Bikol

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsæŋə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Hyphenation: sang‧a

Noun

sanga (plural sangas)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Sandwich.

Anagrams

• Agans, Angas, Nāgas, Sagan, gansa, nagas, nāgas, sagan

Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch

Bambara

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sã˨ɡaꜜa˨]

Noun

sanga

1. mourning

Etymology 2

Noun

sánga

1. time, moment

   Synonyms: dùgu, tùma, dákun, hákɛ, sèndaɲɛ, wáati, yɔ́rɔ

2. minute
3. success

   Synonym: sángawuli

References

• 2007. The UCLA Phonetics Lab Archive. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Department of Linguistics.

Banjarese

Banjarese cardinal numbers

<  8	9	10  >
Cardinal : sanga

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Javanese sanga.

Numeral

sanga

1. nine

   Synonym: sambilan

Bikol Central

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saˈŋa/ [saˈŋa]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: sa‧nga

Noun

sangá (Basahan spelling ᜐᜅ)

1. branch (of a plant)
2. branch; tributary (of a river, road, etc.)

Derived terms

• magsanga
• sangang-dalan

 

Buhi'non Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Butuanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch

Capiznon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧nga
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /saˈŋa/ [s̪ɐˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -ŋa

Noun

sanga

1. the branch of a plant

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sa‧nga
• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈsaŋa/ [ˈs̪a.ŋɐ]

Noun

sanga

1. the giant oceanic manta ray (Manta birostris)

See also

• pantihan

 

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:sanga.

Cuyunon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch (of a plant)

Esperanto

Adjective

sanga (accusative singular sangan, plural sangaj, accusative plural sangajn)

1. bloody

Higaonon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. twig

Hiligaynon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch

Iriga Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Japanese

Romanization

sanga

1. Rōmaji transcription of さんが

Javanese

Romanization

sanga

1. Romanization of ꦱꦔ

Libon Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Limos Kalinga

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch

Lindu

Noun

sanga

1. name

Lingala

Verb

-sanga (infinitive kosanga)

1. to support, to contribute
2. to meet, to assemble

Mansaka

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch

Maranao

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch

Masbate Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Masbatenyo

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Miraya Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Old English

Noun

sanga

1. genitive plural of sang

Old Javanese

Numeral

sanga

1. Alternative spelling of saṅa (“nine”)

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Sumerian

Romanization

sanga

1. Romanization of 𒋃 (sanga)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa. Compare Aklanon sanga, Bikol Central sanga, Cebuano sanga, Hiligaynon sanga, Maranao sanga, Tausug sanga, Tetum sanak, and Waray-Waray sangay.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /saˈŋa/ [sɐˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: sa‧nga

Noun

sangá (Baybayin spelling ᜐᜅ)

1. branch; twig (of a tree)
2. tributary; branch (of a river)
3. (by extension) branch (of a bank, agency, business, etc.)

   Synonyms: sangay, sukursal

Derived terms

• kasanga
• magsanga
• magsanga-sanga
• masanga
• pagsanga-sangahin
• pagsangahan
• pagsangahin
• pagsasanga
• papagsangahin
• pasanga
• pinagsangahan
• sanga-sanga
• sangahan
• sangahan
• sangandaan
• sumanga
• sumanga-sanga

 

Further reading

• “sanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*saŋa₁”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• gansa
• angas, agnas, gansa

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa.

Noun

sanga

1. branch
2. bough

Verb

sanga

1. to branch

Derived terms

• masanga
• sangahan

Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsa.ŋa]

Verb

sanga

1. (stative) to be stranded

Conjugation

Conjugation of sanga
	Singular	Plural
	Inclusive	Exclusive
1st	tosanga	fosanga	misanga
2nd	nosanga	nisanga
3rd	Masculine	osanga	isanga, yosanga†
Feminine	mosanga
Neuter	isanga
† - archaic

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Waray Sorsogon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *ʃaŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

Waray-Waray

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *ʃaŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)

West Albay Bikol

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *saŋa, from Proto-Austronesian *ʃaŋa.

Noun

sangá

1. branch (of a plant)