ringa

See also: ringá

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *linga (compare Fijian liga).

Noun

ringa (usually reduplicated as ringaringa)

  1. hand

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Verb

ringa

  1. simple past of ringe (Verb 2)
  2. past participle of ringe (Verb 2)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Norse hringja, hringa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /²rɪŋːɑ/

Verb

ringa (present tense ringar, past tense ringa, past participle ringa, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring/ringa)

  1. to form a circle, a ring
  2. to surround
  3. to put a ring on something

Etymology 2

Verb

ringa (present tense ringer, past tense ringde, past participle ringt, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring)

  1. Alternative form of ringja

Further reading


Spanish

Verb

ringa

  1. Informal second-person singular () affirmative imperative form of ringar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of ringar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of ringar.

Swedish

Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

ringa

  1. simple, small, poor

Declension

Inflection of ringa
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular ringa ringare ringast
Neuter singular ringa ringare ringast
Plural ringa ringare ringast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 ringe ringare ringaste
All ringa ringare ringaste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ringia, ringa, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną.Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian ringe or ringa, Old English hringan, English ring.

Verb

ringa

  1. to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
  2. (telephony) to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
  3. to ring; to telephone someone

Conjugation

See also

  • inringa
  • ringa in
  • ringa upp
  • ringa ut
  • ringmärka

References


Turkish

Noun

ringa

  1. herring
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