Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.

  2. (countable)The symbol ŋ, used to represent that nasal velar consonant in IPA.

Origin

From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”), from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă

From Late Ancient Greek ἆγμα (âgma, “fragment, fracture”), from ἄγνῡμῐ (ágnūmĭ) + -μᾰ (-mă).

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Forms

plural: agmas
Singularagma
Pluralagmas

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedengma

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
agma — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto