# daga
## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɡa/ [ˈd̪a.ɡa]
* Hyphenation: da‧ga

#### Noun

dága (Basahan spelling ᜇᜄ)
* dagger
* knife
    Synonym: kutsilyo

##### See also

* balisong
* gata
* lanseta
* palas
* sanggot
* sundang
* tabak

### Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *daʀəq.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daˈɡaʔ/ [d̪aˈɡaʔ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: daga

#### Noun

dagâ (Basahan spelling ᜇᜄ)
* soil; earth
* land, property
    Synonym: solar

##### Derived terms

* dagaan
* magdaga

## Butuanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

### Noun

daga
* woman; female

## Catalan
### Etymology

Likely borrowed from Italian daga, of disputed origin, possibly from a Vulgar Latin *daca (see there for further information). Compare also German Degen, Old Norse dage.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [ˈda.ɣə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈda.ɣa]

### Noun

daga f (plural dagues)
* dagger
    Synonym: punyal

#### Derived terms

* daguer

### References

* “daga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Cinamiguin Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

### Noun

daga
* maiden; woman

## Dibabawon Manobo
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *dadaʀa (“maiden; virgin; unmarried girl”).

### Noun

daga
* unmarried woman

## Gothic
### Romanization

daga
* Romanization of 𐌳𐌰𐌲𐌰

## Hausa
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dá.ɡáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [də́.ɡáː]

#### Noun

dagā f (plural dagā̀gē, possessed form dagar̃)
* bangle-charm (worn on the upper arm or wrist)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dáː.ɡáː/
** (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA: [dáː.ɡáː]

#### Noun

dāgā f (possessed form dāgar̃)
* struggle, battle

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

#### Noun

dága
* dagger, stiletto

### Etymology 2

Unknown

#### Noun

dágà
* clay, soil
* sacrifice, specifically human sacrifice

#### Noun

dagâ
* victim of sacrifice, sacrifice

## Icelandic
### Noun

daga
* inflection of dagur:
** indefinite accusative plural
** indefinite genitive plural

## Ilocano
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *daʀəq, compare Tetum rai.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: da‧gá
* IPA: /daˈɡa/, [dɐˈɡa]

#### Noun

dagá
* land; soil; earth

##### Derived terms

* dumaga
* kadagaan
* maipadaga

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: da‧ga
* IPA: /ˈdaɡa/

#### Noun

daga
* dagger

##### Derived terms

* agdaga

### References

* ↑ Andrés Carro (1888) Vocabulario ilocano-español: trabajado por varios religiosos del orden de N.P.S. Agustín / coordinado por Predicador Andrés Carro y ultimamente aumentado y corregido por algunos religiosos del mismo orden‎ (overall work in Spanish and Ilocano), Manila: Est. Tipo-Litográfico de M. Pérez

## Italian
### Etymology

From earlier *daca, possibly via a Celtic source from Vulgar Latin *daca, used to refer to knives from the Roman province of Dacia.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈda.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Hyphenation: dà‧ga

### Noun

daga f (plural daghe)
* dagger
* (weaponry) a stabbing weapon, similar to a sword but with a short, double-edged blade

#### Derived terms

* daghetta

### Further reading

* daga in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* daga in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

## Japanese
### Romanization

daga
* Rōmaji transcription of だが

## Kankanaey
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀat (“littoral sea”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈdaɡa/ [ˈdaː.ɡʌ]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: da‧ga

### Noun

daga
* sea

## Karao
### Noun

daga
* ritual performed for a sick person

## Northern Sami
### Pronunciation

* (Kautokeino) IPA: /ˈtaka/

### Verb

daga
* inflection of dahkat:
** present indicative connegative
** second-person singular imperative
** imperative connegative

## Ojibwe
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daˈɡa/

### Particle

daga
* please, by all means, come on, well

#### Related terms

* da

## Old English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdɑ.ɡɑ/, [ˈdɑ.ɣɑ]

### Noun

daga
* genitive plural of dæġ

## Old Norse
### Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *dagāną.

### Verb

daga
* (impersonal, intransitive) to dawn (become day)

#### Derived terms

* dagan f (“dawn, daybreak”)

#### Related terms

* dagr m (“day”)

#### Descendants

* Icelandic: daga
* Faroese: daga
* Norwegian: dage
* Swedish: daga, Swedish: dagas
* Danish: dage

### Further reading

* Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “daga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

## Old Occitan
### Etymology

Vulgar Latin *daca.

### Noun

daga f (oblique plural dagas, nominative singular daga, nominative plural dagas)
* dagger (weapon)

### References

* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “*daca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 3: D–F, page 1

## Scottish Gaelic
### Noun

daga m (genitive singular daga, plural dagaichean)
* pistol

#### Derived terms

* daga-cuairt

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## Soninke
### Verb

daga
* to go, leave
    N wa dagana PariI will go to Paris
* to be right
* (Auxiliary) marks embarcative aspect

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɡa/ [ˈd̪a.ɣ̞a]
* Audio (Venezuela):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: da‧ga

### Noun

daga f (plural dagas)
* dagger
    Synonym: puñal

### Further reading

* “daga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

daga
* Only used in ta av daga

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Compare Cebuano ilaga and Kapampangan dagis.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /daˈɡaʔ/ [d̪ɐˈɣaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: da‧ga

#### Noun

dagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄ)
* mouse; rat
    Synonym: (euphemistic) mabait

##### Alternative forms

* raga — dialectal, Rizal, informal

##### Derived terms

* daga-dagaan
* dagain
* dagang-bahay
* dagang-bukid
* dagang-bundok
* dagang-dingding
* dagang-gililan
* dagang-kosta
* dagang-parang
* dagang-puti
* dagang-taingahan
* Ilaw-Daga
* madaga
* panghuli ng daga
* taingang-daga
* Tanglaw-Daga

##### See also

* bubuwit

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish daga.

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdaɡa/ [ˈd̪aː.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: da‧ga

#### Noun

daga (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄ)
* dagger
    Synonyms: balaraw, patalim, punyal

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈdaɡa/ [ˈd̪aː.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: da‧ga

#### Noun

daga (Baybayin spelling ᜇᜄ)
* aunt
    Synonyms: tiya, tita
* stepmother
    Synonyms: madrastra, inang-panguman

### Further reading

* “daga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

### Anagrams

* agad

## Yogad
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *daʀaq.

### Noun

dagá
* blood