zingananoun2
Factsheet
What does the noun zingana mean?
There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zingana. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
How common is the noun zingana?
| 1920 | 0.0003 |
| 1930 | 0.0003 |
| 1940 | 0.0003 |
| 1950 | 0.0003 |
| 1960 | 0.0004 |
| 1970 | 0.0004 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0003 |
| 2000 | 0.0003 |
| 2010 | 0.0003 |
How is the noun zingana pronounced?
British English
U.S. English
Where does the noun zingana come from?
Earliest known use
1910s
The earliest known use of the noun zingana is in the 1910s.
OED's earliest evidence for zingana is from 1911, in Bulletin Bureau Agric. Intelligence & Plant-dis.
zingana is perhaps a borrowing from a language of Gabon.
Nearby entries
- Zindikite, n.1694–
- Zindiq, n.1667–
- zine, n.1946–
- zineb, n.1950–
- zines, int.?1701–10
- zinester, n.1986–
- zinfandel, n.1880–
- zing, v.1899–
- zing, int. & n.1875–
- zingana, n.¹1883
- zingana, n.²1911–
- Zingani, n.1581–1879
- Zingara, n.1756–
- Zingaro, n.1600–
- zingel, n.1803–
- zingelin perch, n.1803
- zinger, n.1906–
- Zingg, n.1941–
- zingho, n.1743
- zingiber, n.?1720–
- zingiberaceous, adj.1821–
Etymology
Summary
Notes
Meaning & use
- 1911–The striped wood of any of various African trees, especially from a leguminous tree of the genus Microberlinia.More usually called zebrawood or zebrano.
- 1911
The Zingana which is yellow, veined with black, is a splendid wood and has no equal.
Bulletin Bureau Agric. Intelligence & Plant-dis. March 621 - 1947
Zebrawood, also known as Zingana and Zebrano, is a tropical wood imported from Africa.
J. C. Rich, Materials & Methods of Sculpture x. 297 - 1973
The grapefruit knife's got a stainless steel blade, zingana wood handle.
Observer 8 April (Colour Supplement) 13/1 (advertisement) - 2009
Much illegal timber (high-value woods such as bété, bibolo, bubinga, sapelli, and zingana) is used to make furniture.
G. Topa et al., Rainforests Cameroon v. 78
- speckle-wood1619–(See speckled, adj. compounds C.1b).
- speckled wood1657–a. A variety of wood having speckled markings; esp. the South American snake-wood or letter-wood, Brosimum aubletii; b. a brown butterfly with…
- pigeon wood?1740–Any of various tropical or subtropical New World trees or shrubs providing wood used in cabinetwork or building, or having fruit which is sought…
- zebrawood1768–The striped wood of any of various tropical trees and shrubs, esp. of the genera Connarus (family Connaraceae) and Microberlinia (family Fabaceae)…
- snake-wood1843–The wood of the South American timber-tree Brosimum Aubletii (or Piratinera guianensis), so called from its snake-like markings; letter-wood; also…
- tiger-wood1858–A streaked black and brown cabinet-maker's wood: = itaka-wood, n.; also, a variety of citron-wood. See also tiger-cat, n.
- tortoise-wood1866–See quot.
- zebrano1908–More fully zebrano wood. The striped wood of any of various species of African trees, esp. those of the genus Microberlinia (family Fabaceae)…
- zingana1911–The striped wood of any of various African trees, especially from a leguminous tree of the genus Microberlinia.
Pronunciation
British English
U.S. English
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- ɬrhingyll
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- iːfleece
- ihappy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- atrap, bath
- ɑːstart, palm, bath
- ɒlot
- ɔːthought, force
- ʌstrut
- ʊfoot
- uːgoose
- əletter
- əːnurse
- ɪənear
- ɛːsquare
- ʊəcure
- eɪface
- ʌɪpride
- aʊmouth
- əʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ãgratin
- ɒ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Consonants
- ppea
- ttea
- kkey
- bbuy
- ddye*
- ɡguy
- tʃchore
- dʒjay
- ffore
- θthaw
- ssore
- ʃshore
- vvee
- ðthee
- zzee
- ʒbeige
- xloch
- hhay
- llay
- rray
- wway
- jyore
- mmay
- nnay
- ŋsing
* /d/ also represents a 'tapped' /t/ as in
Some consonants can take the function of the vowel in unstressed syllables. Where necessary, a syllabic marker diacritic is used, hence
Vowels
- ifleece, happy
- ɪkit
- ɛdress
- ætrap, bath
- ɑlot, palm, cloth, thought
- ɑrstart
- ɔcloth, thought
- ɔrnorth, force
- ʊfoot
- ugoose
- əstrut, comma
- ərnurse, letter
- ɪ(ə)rnear
- ɛ(ə)rsquare
- ʊ(ə)rcure
- eɪface
- aɪpride
- aʊmouth
- oʊgoat
- ɔɪvoice
- ɑ̃gratin
- æ̃salon
- ᵻ(/ɪ/-/ə/)
- ᵿ(/ʊ/-/ə/)
Other symbols
- The symbol ˈ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with primary stress.
- The symbol ˌ at the beginning of a syllable indicates that that syllable is pronounced with secondary stress.
- Round brackets ( ) in a transcription indicate that the symbol within the brackets is optional.
View the pronunciation model here.
Simple text respell breaks words into syllables, separated by a hyphen. The syllable which carries the primary stress is written in capital letters. This key covers both British and U.S. English Simple Text Respell.
Consonants
b, d, f, h, k, l, m, n, p, r, s, t, v, w and z have their standard English values
- gguy
- jjay
- yyore
- chchore
- khloch
- shshore
- ththaw
- dhthee
- zhbeige
Vowels
- atrap
- ahpalm
- airsquare
- arstart
- arrcarry (British only)
- awthought
- ayface
- a(ng)gratin
- edress
- eefleece
- eerdeer
- errmerry
- ikit
- ighpride
- irrmirror
- olot (British only)
- ohgoat
- oogoose
- oorcure
- orforce
- orrsorry (British only)
- owmouth
- oyvoice
- o(ng)salon
- ustrut
- uhletter
- urnurse
- urrhurry
- uufoot
Frequency
zingana typically occurs fewer than 0.01 times per million words in modern written English.
zingana is in frequency band 1, which contains words occurring fewer than 0.001 times per million words in modern written English. More about OED's frequency bands
Frequency of zingana, n.², 1920–2010
* Occurrences per million words in written English
Historical frequency series are derived from Google Books Ngrams (version 2), a data set based on the Google Books corpus of several million books printed in English between 1500 and 2010.
The overall frequency for a given word is calculated by summing frequencies for the main form of the word, any plural or inflected forms, and any major spelling variations.
For sets of homographs (distinct entries that share the same word-form, e.g. mole, n.¹, mole, n.², mole, n.³, etc.), we have estimated the frequency of each homograph entry as a fraction of the total Ngrams frequency for the word-form. This may result in inaccuracies.
Smoothing has been applied to series for lower-frequency words, using a moving-average algorithm. This reduces short-term fluctuations, which may be produced by variability in the content of the Google Books corpus.
| Decade | Frequency per million words |
|---|---|
| 1920 | 0.0003 |
| 1930 | 0.0003 |
| 1940 | 0.0003 |
| 1950 | 0.0003 |
| 1960 | 0.0004 |
| 1970 | 0.0004 |
| 1980 | 0.0003 |
| 1990 | 0.0003 |
| 2000 | 0.0003 |
| 2010 | 0.0003 |