gangan

From Yoruba gángan.

gangan (plural gangans)

1. (music) A talking drum of West Africa.

• Hyphenation: ga‧ngan

gangan

1. (chiefly Southern Leyte) wild hops (Flemingia strobilifera)

Imitative of its call.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ̃.ɡɑ̃/

gangan m (plural gangans)

1. (Antilles) mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)

   Synonym: coulicou manioc

gangan

1. definite nominative singular of ganga

• gongan, gancgan

From Proto-West Germanic *gangan. Cognate with Old Frisian ganga, Old Saxon gangan, Old Dutch *gangan, Old High German gangan, Old Norse ganga, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌰𐌽 (gaggan).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡɑn.ɡɑn/, [ˈɡɑŋ.ɡɑn]

gangan

1. to go, walk
2. to turn out

The past tense forms of this word were only used in poetry. In prose the past tense of gān was used.

• Middle English: gangen, gongen
  • English: gang
  • Scots: gang

From Proto-West Germanic *gangan.

gangan

1. to go, walk

• Middle High German: gangen
  • Swabian: ganga
  • ⇒ Central Franconian: jeng, jejange; jank (suppletive past forms and imperative of john)
  • ⇒ German: ging, gegangen (suppletive past forms of gehen)

1. Köbler, Gerhard, Althochdeutsches Wörterbuch, (6. Auflage) 2014
2. Joseph Wright, An Old High German Primer, Second Edition

From Proto-West Germanic *gangan.

gangan

1. to go

• Middle Low German: gangen

From Kongo nganga (spiritual Priest).

gangan

1. magician

• Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Possibly reduplication of gan, from English gone.

gangan

1. (informal) old man, old woman

gangan

1. old-fashioned

 

Onomatopoeic

• IPA^(key): /ɡã́.ɡã̄/

gángan

1. (music) A common type of talking drum and a subfamily of drums in the dùndún family of drums