# gaga
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡɑːɡɑː/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)

### Etymology 1

From French gaga.

#### Adjective

gaga (comparative more gaga, superlative most gaga)
* (informal) Mentally senile.
    The elderly patients in the hospital were going gaga.
* (informal) Crazy.
    You might go gaga if you stare at this screen too long.
** 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, Viking, page ??:Should he lose it once and for all, he and Kathleen would need lots of money. Also, he had said to me, you could be gaga in a tenured chair at Princeton, and would anybody notice?
* (informal) Infatuated.
    The girls were going gaga over the handsome new boy who joined the class.

##### Usage notes

* As demonstrated in the example sentences above, gaga is often preceded by the verb go.

##### Derived terms

* go gaga over

##### Translations
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

gaga (uncountable)
* Alternative form of ga-ga (“game resembling dodgeball”)

## Balinese
### Romanization

gaga
* Romanization of ᬕᬕ
* Romanization of ᬕᬵᬕᬵ

## Barngarla
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɡa/

### Noun

gaga
* head

### References

* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2019). Barngarlidhi Manoo (Speaking Barngarla Together) (Barngarla Alphabet & Picture Book). p.50-56. Part 1 Part 2
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad and Clamor Wilhelm Schürmann (2018). Online Barngarla Dictionary.
* Zuckermann, Ghil‘ad (2016). Barngarla Aboriginal Language Dictionary App. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.regenr8.dictionary.barngarla https://apps.apple.com/au/app/barngarla/id1424856161
* Goldsworthy, Anna (2014), Voices of the land: In Port Augusta, an Israeli linguist is helping the Barngarla people reclaim their language, The Monthly.

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaga.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡa.ɡa]
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga

#### Noun

gága
* (vulgar, offensive) feminine of gago

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaʔɡaʔ/ [ˈɡaʔ.ɡaʔ]
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga

#### Noun

gâgâ
* (Naga) act of boiling
    Synonym: laga

##### Derived terms

* gagaon
* maggaga

##### See also

* bulad-bukad
* kala-kaga
* labon
* lauya
* sangkutsa
* sapna

## French
### Etymology 1

Reduplication of the base of gâteux (“senile”)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)
* (informal) gaga (senile)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, gâteux, neuneu, zinzin
* (informal) gaga (crazy)
    Synonyms: fou, foufou, neuneu, zinzin
* (informal) gaga (infatuated)

##### Descendants

* → English: gaga
* ⇒ Italian: gagà
* → Portuguese: gagá
* → Romanian: gaga
* → Spanish: gagá

### Etymology 2

From Occitan gagas, from Latin gagates

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡa.ɡa/
* (Saint-Étienne) IPA: [ɡaɡɑ], IPA: [ɡaɡɒ]
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

gaga (plural gagas)
* (relational, Saint-Étienne dialect, informal) Stéphanois, of Saint-Étienne.
    Synonym: stéphanois

##### Derived terms

* parler gaga

##### Related terms

* gagasse

#### Noun

gaga m or f (plural gagas)
* (Saint-Étienne dialect, informal) Stéphanois, person living in Saint-Étienne.
    Synonym: Stéphanois
* (linguistics, by ellipsis) the parler gaga, a French variety spoken in the French city of Saint-Étienne, the North of the Forez and around.
    Synonym: parler gaga

### See also

* gône

### Further reading

* “gaga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### References

* ↑ Plaine, Jacques, Epallle, Jeanluc (2019) Les Trésors de Toutengaga : Dictionnaire gaga-français/français-gaga, Actes Graphiques, →ISBN

## Ga
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡaɡa/

### Noun

gaga (plural gagai)
* any ant with large mandibles, such as a soldier ant or driver ant

### See also

* tsatsu
* tsatsutsuru
* gbense

## Gamilaraay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaɡa/

### Noun

gaga
* wine

### References

* (2017) Giacon J Gamilaraay-Yuwaalaraay Dictionary Supplement

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡaɡa]
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

gaga (strong nominative masculine singular gagaer, not comparable)
* (predicative, colloquial) gaga

### Further reading

* “gaga” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “gaga” in Duden online
* “gaga” in Duden online

## Iban
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaɡa/
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga

#### Adjective

gaga
* happy

##### Derived terms

* pengaga

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡaɡaʔ/
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga

#### Verb

gaga
* make, do

## Indonesian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡa/
* Rhymes: -ɡa, -a
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Javanese ꦒꦒ (gaga, “dry field”), from Old Javanese gagā (“non-irrigated rice-field”)

#### Noun

gaga (plural gaga-gaga)
* (agriculture) dry field
    Synonym: huma

##### Alternative forms

* gogo

##### Derived terms

* gaga rancah

##### Related terms

* pegagan

### Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

#### Noun

gaga (plural gaga-gaga)
* (zoology) blubberlip snapper, Maori snapper, blue-spotted seaperch, Maori bream, Maori seaperch, multi-coloured snapper, scribbled snapper, speckled snapper, yellowfin snapper (Lutjanus rivulatus)

### Further reading

* “gaga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Japanese
### Romanization

gaga
* Rōmaji transcription of がが

## Javanese
### Romanization

gaga
* Romanization of ꦒꦒ

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

* (Standard Kankanaey) IPA: /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡaː.ɡʌ]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: ga‧ga

### Noun

gága
* act of chewing, munching, masticating

#### Derived terms

* gagaen

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “gága”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 155
* Allen, Larry (2021) “gága”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Lindu
### Adverb

gaga
* very

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈɡa.ɡɐ/ [ˈɡa.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɡɐ
* Hyphenation: ga‧ga

### Noun

gaga f (plural gagas)
* female equivalent of gago

### Adjective

gaga
* feminine singular of gago

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French gaga.

### Adjective

gaga m or f or n (indeclinable)
* (informal) gaga (senile)

#### Declension
## Salar
### Noun

gaga (3rd person possessive [please provide], plural [please provide])
* brother

## Spanish
### Noun

gaga f (plural gagas)
* female equivalent of gago

### Adjective

gaga f
* feminine singular of gago

## Tagalog
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish gaga, feminine form of gago.

#### Alternative forms

* g*ga — bowdlerization

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaɡa/ [ˈɡaː.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -aɡa
* Syllabification: ga‧ga

#### Adjective

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)
* feminine of gago

##### Derived terms

* kagagahan

#### Noun

gaga (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (vulgar, derogatory)
* feminine of gago

### Etymology 2

Compare Malay gagah (“compulsive force; dominant; masterful; strong”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡaˈɡa/ [ɡɐˈɣa]
* Rhymes: -a
* Syllabification: ga‧ga

#### Noun

gagá (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ)
* usurpation; unlawful seizure (of power, rights, property, etc.)
    Synonym: pangangagaw
* rape (use of force to submit to a sexual act)
    Synonyms: gahasa, paggahasa
* gag (something thrust into the mouth to restrain speech)
    Synonym: busal
* (obsolete) ban; prohibition

##### Derived terms

* gagahan
* gagahin
* gumaga
* ipanggaga
* kapanggagahan
* manggaga
* manggagaga
* mapanggaga
* paggaga
* panggagahan

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡaˈɡaʔ/ [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ga‧ga

#### Noun

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)
* restlessness; mischief

##### Derived terms

* gagaan
* gumaga
* kagagaan
* magaga
* maggaga
* manggaga
* paggagaan
* panggagaan

#### See also

* pakana

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ɡaˈɡaʔ/ [ɡɐˈɣaʔ]
* Rhymes: -aʔ
* Syllabification: ga‧ga

#### Noun

gagâ (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (obsolete)
* name of the Baybayin letter ᜄ, corresponding to "ga"

#### See also

* ga

### Etymology 5
#### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈɡaɡaʔ/ [ˈɡaː.ɣɐʔ]
* Rhymes: -aɡaʔ
* Syllabification: ga‧ga

#### Noun

gagà (Baybayin spelling ᜄᜄ) (botany, obsolete)
* a type of nettle

### Further reading

* “gaga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎ (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
* San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero‎, La Noble Villa de Pila
** page 327: “G) Gaga (pc) letra del abeçedario tagalog .|. gaga yaon .|. ᜄ . otra . G . tienen eſtos que llamamos gangoſa, eſcriueſe . g̃ . | ᜅ.”
** page 371: “Inuencion) Gaga (pp) o traça”
** page 582: “Traça) Gaga (pp) o inuentiba”

### Anagrams

* agag, ag-ag

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish غاغا.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

gaga (definite accusative gagayı, plural gagalar)
* bill, beak

#### Derived terms

* gagalamak

#### See also

* tumşuk

### References

* Redhouse, James W. (1890) “غاغا”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1334

## Yoruba
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡá.ɡà/

### Noun

gágà
* (rare) eyeglasses, goggles, sunshade
    Synonym: ìgò