gāgā

See also: Appendix:Variations of "gaga"

Mandarin

Romanization

gāgā (Zhuyin ㄍㄚ ㄍㄚ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 嘎嘎

Old Javanese

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gakgak (“caw, as a crow; raucous talking of people”), probably onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡa.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -ɡa
• Homophone: gagā
• Hyphenation: ga‧ga

Noun

gāgā

1. crow

Alternative forms

• gagak
• gāgak

Descendants

• → Balinese: ᬕᬵᬕᬵ (gaga, “crow”)