-ga

Derived from kaasas, kaasa, which became a suffix. Cognate to Finnish kanssa, Finnish -kaa, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hansō.

-ga

1. ending of the comitative case

• -da (after l and n)
• -dha (obsolete)

-ga

1. Added to nouns to form adjectives.

-ga

1. Rōmaji transcription of が

• -ga'

• IPA^(key): /kæ/, /qæ/

-ga

1. a noun-forming suffix

   ‎tl'esr (“mud, slimy”) + ‎-ga → ‎tl'esrga (“slime”)

• Kari, James et al. (2024), Kari, James, editor, Lower Tanana Dene Dictionary, Fairbanks, Alaska: Alaska Native Language Center, →ISBN, page 176

-ga (obligatorily possessed)

1. mother

-ga is used by some older speakers.

• -maamaay

• ninga (“my mother”)
• giga (“your mother”)
• ogiin (“his/her/their mother”)

• The Ojibwe People's Dictionary https://ojibwe.lib.umn.edu/main-entry/ga-nad

• -ca

From Proto-West Germanic *-gō, from Proto-Germanic *-gjô, *-gô (suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ/

-ga

1. Diminutive suffix, used especially in familiar names for pets.

   docga ― dog

   frocga ― frog

   *picga ― pig

   *snecga ― snail

   stacga ― stag

   wicga ― insect

Weak:

From Proto-Germanic *-ugaz + Proto-Germanic *-ōną.

-ga

1. turns an adjective with -ugr into a transitive verb

   ‎blóðugr + ‎-ga → ‎blóðga

   ‎stǫðugr + ‎-ga → ‎stǫðga

• Icelandic: -ga
• Faroese: -ga
• Norwegian Nynorsk: -ga

From the root to go. When used as the second element of an upapada tatpurusha, the vowel and final verbal roots ending in a nasal are reduced to their zero grade, /a/, which is then reinterpreted as the thematic vowel.

-ga

1. going

The adjective may be used in an absolute sense, thereby yielding a noun. This suffix is not used as a free-standing adjective.

Words using this suffix are listed in their own category. Note that normally only the Latin script forms are listed, as etymology sections are normally restricted to the Latin script form.

-ga

1. Used to make a verb into a noun with a related meaning.

-ga

1. the

From Proto-Polynesian *-ŋa. Cognates include Hawaiian -na and Samoan -ga.

• IPA^(key): [-.ŋa]

-ga

1. Used to form nouns denoting the action of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing

   ‎iloilo (“to examine”) + ‎-ga → ‎iloiloga (“examination”)

2. Used to form nouns denoting the event of the suffixed verb; -ion, -ing

   ‎tipi (“to cut”) + ‎-ga → ‎tīpiga (“surgery”)

3. Used to form nouns denoting the object of the suffixed verb.

   ‎kave (“to carry”) + ‎-ga → ‎kāvega (“load”)

• To make a distinction between the different senses of the suffix, the first vowel of the produced noun may be elongated:

  ‎tipi (“to cut”) + ‎-ga → ‎tipiga (“act of cutting”)

  ‎tipi (“to cut”) + ‎-ga → ‎tīpiga (“surgery”)

• R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 133

• -ka — after k
• -qa — after q or gʻ

Inherited from Chagatai ـغه (-ġh /⁠-ġa⁠/), ـگه (-gh /⁠-gä⁠/), ـقه (-qh /⁠-qa⁠/), ـکه (-kh /⁠-kä⁠/), from Proto-Turkic *-ka.

-ga

1. to (dative case)

   ‎anʼana + ‎-ga → ‎anʼanaga

   ‎yurak + ‎-ga → ‎yurakka

   ‎choʻgʻ + ‎-ga → ‎choʻqqa

• When attached to words ending in gʻ, their final consonant is altered to q.