# ringa
## Garo
### Verb

ringa
* to drink

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *linga (compare Fijian liga).

### Noun

ringa (usually reduplicated as ringaringa)
* hand

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* ringet

### Verb

ringa
* simple past of ringe (Verb 2)
* past participle of ringe (Verb 2)

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Old Norse hringa.

#### Alternative forms

* ringe

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²rɪŋːɑ/

#### Verb

ringa (present tense ringar, past tense ringa, past participle ringa, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ringa/ring)
* to form a circle, a ring
* to surround
* to put a ring on something

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ringa (present tense ringer, past tense ringde, past participle ringt, passive infinitive ringast, present participle ringande, imperative ring)
* Alternative form of ringja

### Further reading

* “ringa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Old High German
### Noun

ringa
* nominative/accusative plural of ring

## Spanish
### Verb

ringa
* inflection of ringar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Verb

-ringa (infinitive kuringa)
* to boast, show off

#### Conjugation

Conjugation of -ringa :
| Positive present | -naringa |
| Subjunctive | -ringe |
| Negative | -ringi |
| Imperative singular | ringa |
Infinitives :
| Positive | kuringa |
| Negative | kutoringa |
Imperatives :
| Singular | ringa |
| Plural | ringeni |
Tensed forms :
| Habitual | huringa |
| Positive past | positive subject concord + -liringa |
| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kuringa |
| Positive future | positive subject concord + -taringa |
| Negative future | negative subject concord + -taringa |
| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -siringe |
| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngeringa |
| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singeringa |
| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngaliringa |
| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singaliringa |
| Perfect | positive subject concord + -meringa |
| "Already" | positive subject concord + -mesharinga |
| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jaringa |
| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kiringa |
| "If not" | positive subject concord + -siporinga |
| Consecutive | karinga / positive subject concord + -karinga |
| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -karinge |
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

* Nominal derivations:
** maringo

## Swedish
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Gotland):(file)
* Rhymes: -²ɪŋa

### Etymology 1

From Old Swedish ringa, from Middle Low German ringe. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian Bokmål ringe, German ring, gering and Dutch gering.

#### Adjective

ringa (comparative ringare, superlative ringast)
* small, little
    hennes ringa ålderher young age
    ringa stöldpetty theft
    Jag har inte den ringaste aningI don't have the faintest idea
    ringa betydelselittle importance
* low, simple, (through self-deprecation) modest, humble
    Han var av ringa bördHe was of low birth
    min ringa uppfattningmy humble (lowly) opinion

##### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

##### Related terms

* förringa

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish ringia, ringa, from Old Norse hringja, from Proto-Germanic *hringijaną. Cognate with Danish ringe, Norwegian ringe or ringa, Old English hringan, English ring.

#### Verb

ringa (present ringer, preterite ringde, supine ringt, imperative ring)
* to ring; to make a bell produce a sound
* (telephony) to ring; to make a sound as to indicate a call is waiting
* to ring; to telephone someone

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.
$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Derived terms

* inringa
* ringa in
* ringa upp
* ringa ut
* ringmärka

#### See also

* plinga

### References

* ringa in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* ringa in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* ringa in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

### Anagrams

* grina

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish رینغه, from Italian aringa, from Medieval Latin harengus, from Proto-West Germanic *hāring.

### Noun

ringa
* herring

### References

* Kélékian, Diran (1911) “رینغه”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 636
* Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “ringa”, in Nişanyan Sözlük