panga

panga · noun¹

1. Swahili · borrowed frompanga
2. Swahili · borrowed frompanga
3. English todaypanga

Borrowed from Swahili panga (“machete”).

panga · noun²

1. Bengali · derived fromপাঙ্গাশ“mud- or brown-coloured fish”
2. translingual · derived fromPangasius
3. English todaypanga

Back-formation from the plural, from the stem of translingual Pangasius (genus name), from Bengali পাঙ্গাশ (paṅgaś, “mud- or brown-coloured fish”).

panga · noun³

1. Spanish · borrowed frompanga
2. Spanish · borrowed frompanga
3. English todaypanga

Borrowed from Spanish panga (“motorboat”).

Words from the same roots