# changa
## English
### Alternative forms

* xanga

### Etymology

Coined by Julian Palmer.

### Pronunciation

* This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA or enPR then please add some!

### Noun

changa (uncountable)
* (slang) A smokable blend of dimethyltryptamine and an MAOI to extend the drug experience in duration and intensity.
** 2016, Beatriz Caiuby Labate, Clancy Cavnar, Alex K. Gearin, editors, The World Ayahuasca Diaspora: Reinventions and Controversies‎, Routledge, →ISBN:Smoked in bongs, pipes, and joints in living rooms, by rivers, on mountaintops, under wattle trees, and at festivals around the globe, changa use has proliferated.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese changa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈt͡ʃanɡa/ [ˈt͡ʃãŋ.ɡa]
* Rhymes: -anɡa
* Syllabification: chan‧ga

### Noun

changa f (plural changas)
* job of a porter
* (Rioplatense, Paraguay) odd job
* (Andalusia, Cuba) joke
* (colloquial) a small-time barter

### Further reading

* “changa”, 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

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Adjective

-changa (declinable)
* young (in the early part of life or growth)
* (of a moon) new

##### Derived terms

* mchanga (“young person”)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

#### Verb

-changa (infinitive kuchanga)
* to collect, gather

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of -changa :
| Positive present | -nachanga |
| Subjunctive | -change |
| Negative | -changi |
| Imperative singular | changa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuchanga |
| Negative | kutochanga |
Imperatives :
| Singular | changa |
| Plural | changeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huchanga |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lichanga |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuchanga |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tachanga |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tachanga |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sichange |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngechanga |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singechanga |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalichanga |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalichanga |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -mechanga |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshachanga |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jachanga |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kichanga |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipochanga |
| Consecutive | kachanga / positive subject concord + -kachanga |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kachange |
Relative forms :
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. :

##### Derived terms

* Verbal derivations:
** Applicative: -changia (“to contribute”)
** Causative: -changisha
** Conversive: -changua
** Passive: -changwa
** Stative: -changika
* Nominal derivations:
** mchango