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Inga
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inga ingå Iŋgá
Translingual
Etymology 1
thumb|Inga vera species Inga vera (Fabaceae family)
Of South American origin
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Fabaceae small neotropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, many used as ornamentals
Hypernyms
genus in Fabaceae ; Mimosoideae subfamily subfamily; Ingeae tribe tribe
Hyponyms
genus in Fabaceae Inga vera species type species; Inga cinerea, Inga salutaris, Inga saman; for other species see Inga (Fabaceae) Inga (Fabaceae)
References
1
Inga (Fabaceae)
Inga (Fabaceae)
INGA
Etymology 2
thumb|Inga sparsiciliella species Inga sparsiciliella (Oecophoridae family)
mul
Proper noun
1 f
genus family Oecophoridae certain of the concealer moth s
Hypernyms
genus in Oecophoridae ; Oecophorinae subfamily subfamily
Hyponyms
genus in Oecophoridae See Inga (Oecophoridae)
References
Inga (moth)
Inga (Oecophoridae)
Inga (Oecophoridae)
English
Etymology 1
From Meitei language.
Proper noun
The third month of Meitei traditional lunar calendar.
Etymology 2
From en da -, en no -, en sv Inga etc., all from en non Inga.
Pronunciation
en /ˈɪŋɡə/
Proper noun
en proper noun
en female Old Norse.
Danish
Etymology
From da non Inga.
Proper noun
da proper noun
da female Old Norse
Usage notes
More common in Denmark in the form da Inge.
Estonian
Etymology
From et non Inga.
Proper noun
et proper noun
et female
Related terms
et Inge, et Ingel, et Ingrid
Faroese
Etymology
From fo non Inga.
Pronunciation
fo /ˈɪŋːka/
Proper noun
fo proper noun f
fo female
Usage notes
f Inguson Ingudóttir
Declension
Inga Ingu Ingu Ingu
French
Pronunciation
Proper noun
fr proper noun f
fr female
German
de:
Pronunciation
de De-Inga.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Proper noun
de proper noun
de female Inge
Icelandic
Etymology
From is non Inga.
Proper noun
@@
is female
Declension
f
Italian
Etymology
it
Pronunciation
Proper noun
mfbysense
it
Further reading
inga
Latvian
Etymology
First recorded as a given name of Latvians in 1827. From lv non Inga. Cognate to Danish and Swedish da Inga.
Proper noun
lv proper noun f
lv female
Related terms
lv Ingrīda
lv Inguna
References
Klāvs Siliņš: Latviešu personvārdu vārdnīca. Riga "Zinātne" 1990, 5-7966-0278-0
Population Register of Latvia: Inga was the only given name of 12 588 persons in Latvia on May 21st 2010.
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
i̇̀nga
Proper noun
f
lt female
Norwegian
nb:
nn:
Etymology
From no non Inga. First recorded in Norway around 1200.
Proper noun
no proper noun
no female
Related terms
female given names: no Ingebjørg, no Ingeborg, no Inger, no Ingjerd, no Ingrid, no Ingunn, no Ingvild
male given names: no Inge and its variants
Old English
Pronunciation
Inga
Proper noun
m
ang male
External links
Prosopography of Anglo-Saxon England – Inga
Old High German
Proper noun
goh proper noun f
goh female
References
Ernst Förstemann Altdeutsches Namenbuch, Volume 1 783 1856 Naudhausen Verlag Ferd. Förstemann https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_LeuhuxTk2CEC/page/n410/mode/1up
Old Norse
Etymology
A short form of female compound names beginning with Ing-, Ingi-, ("the god non Ing or non Yngvi").
Proper noun
f Ingu
non female
Descendants
da Inga Inge
fo Inga
is Inga
no Inga
sv Inga
Slovak
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
sk female Ingrida hypocoristic
Declension
f Íng
Further reading
Ingrida
Swedish
sv:
Etymology
From sv non Inga. Also recorded as a modern diminutive of sv Ingeborg and sv Ingrid.
Pronunciation
sv LL-Q9027 (swe)-Moonhouse-Inga.wav
Proper noun
c
sv female
Related terms
female given names: sv Ing, sv Ingalill, sv Ingeborg, sv Ingegerd, sv Ingegärd, sv Ingela, sv Inger, sv Ingrid, sv Ingvor
male given names: sv Inge and its variants
References
Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, 91-21-10937-0
Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, 9119551622 33 159 females with the given name Inga living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1920s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.
Anagrams
sv agin niga