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Ing vs Inga - What's the difference?

ing | inga |

As a proper noun ing

is shortened from inga, rare by itself but a popular first part of twentieth century hyphenated names like ing-britt and ing-marie.

As a verb inga is

to be included, to join, to belong, to follow without extra cost.

ing

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A water meadow

    • References

    * OED 2nd edition 1989

    Etymology 2

    : From Pitman em'' and ''en , which it is related to phonetically and graphically, and the sound it represents. The change in vowel probably reflects the familiar suffix -ing.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The name of the letter for the ng sound in Pitman shorthand.
    • Related terms
    * eng, the name of the IPA letter for this sound

    Anagrams

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    inga

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (botany) Any of the genus Inga of small tropical trees and shrubs.
  • * 1838 , The British cyclopaedia (page 605)
    • Here are the mimosas, the ingas , the acacias, the maples, the beautiful ailantus, and the fine fruit tree, the mango.
  • * 1989 , National Research Council (U.S.), Lost crops of the Incas (page 279)
    • Fruit trees such as ingas are underutilized in reforestation efforts.

    See also

    * (wikipedia "inga") * ----