yanga

See also: Yanga

Jamaican Creole

Etymology

Possibly from or related to nyanga, from Mende nyanga (“ostentation; showing off”). Possibly influenced by Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value). Compare Proto-Bantu *-yȧng- (“dance in joy”) and Kongo -yangalala (“be happy”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjaŋɡa/

Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value) (plural yanga dem or yangas dem, quantified yanga)

  1. A dance with a fast rhythm.

Verb

yanga

  1. To walk or dance provocatively.

References
  • Cassidy, Frederic Gomes; Le Page, Robert Brock, editors (2002) Dictionary of Jamaican English, 2nd edition, University of the West Indies Press, →ISBN, page 484

Kapampangan

Noun

yánga

  1. type of earthen jar used to store rice for making busa.

Tagalog

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: ya‧nga
  • IPA(key): /jaˈŋa/, [jɐˈŋa]

Noun

yangá (Baybayin spelling ᜌᜅ)

  1. (uncommon) flowerpot
    Synonyms: paso, masetera

Further reading
  • “yanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
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