tanga
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tanga (plural tangas)
- (historical) Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet.
- 1810, Richard Haklvyt, Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and DIscoveries of the English Nation- Volume 2, page 410:
- The larines are woorth by just value basaruchies 93 and 3 fourth parts, and 4 larines make a seraphine of siluer, which is 5 tangas of good money, and these also haue serafagion of 6, 7, 8, 10, vntil 16, by the 100, for when the ships depart for the North, to say, for Chaul, Diu, Cambaia, or Bassaim, all cary of the same, because it is money more currant then any other.
- 1841, The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, page 136:
- The first and largest item is, the purchase of a wife, 25 rupees. Culinary and other utensils.--Bedding, 6 rupees; antimony for the lady's eyes, 3 tangas : an iron boiler, 2 rupees; a wooden bowl and spoons, 3 tangas; ....
- 1875, Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, under command of Sir T[homas] D. Forsyth, page 73:
- The prices range from 120 tangas = Rupees 25 to 400 tangas = Rupees 80.
- 1996, Jonathan L. Lee, The "Ancient Supremacy":, →ISBN:
- Three-sevenths, or 300,000 tangas (100,000 Kabul rupees) were remitted to the Amir as tribute, whilst the remaining sum, 400,000 tangas (Rs. 133,333), was retained by the wali for his own expenses.
- 2003, Ahmad Hasan Dani, Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, →ISBN:
- The Samarkand tangas were initially 916 carats, and then rose to 960 carats. Lower-carat tangas were issued in Balkh (875 carats, 916 carats) and in Tashkent. Nevertheless, even the tangas issued under Iskandar Khan are referred to in documentary sources as 'pure'.
Etymology 2 edit
From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).
Noun edit
tanga (plural tangas)
- A pair of tanga briefs.
Anagrams edit
Bikol Central edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.
Pronunciation edit
Preposition edit
tangâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Borrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect/bug/snake/animal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tánga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)
Derived terms edit
Cebuano edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ta‧nga
Noun edit
tanga
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).
Pronunciation edit
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /taˈŋaʔ/
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Hyphenation: ta‧nga
Adjective edit
tanga
- bumbling
- careless, thoughtless
- slow (of reduced intellectual capacity, not quick to comprehend)
- absent-minded
Verb edit
tanga
- To bumble.
- To be careless.
- To be slow to comprehend.
- To be absent-minded.
Quotations edit
For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanga.
Chamorro edit
Verb edit
tanga
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese tanga or Spanish tanga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanga f (plural tanga's, diminutive tangaatje n)
Derived terms edit
See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanga m (plural tangas)
Further reading edit
- “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Galician edit
Verb edit
tanga
- inflection of tanguer:
Garo edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb edit
tanga
Hiligaynon edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin, insect, bug, animal”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tánga
Etymology 2 edit
From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
tangâ
Derived terms edit
Hungarian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanga (plural tangák)
Declension edit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | tanga | tangák |
accusative | tangát | tangákat |
dative | tangának | tangáknak |
instrumental | tangával | tangákkal |
causal-final | tangáért | tangákért |
translative | tangává | tangákká |
terminative | tangáig | tangákig |
essive-formal | tangaként | tangákként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | tangában | tangákban |
superessive | tangán | tangákon |
adessive | tangánál | tangáknál |
illative | tangába | tangákba |
sublative | tangára | tangákra |
allative | tangához | tangákhoz |
elative | tangából | tangákból |
delative | tangáról | tangákról |
ablative | tangától | tangáktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
tangáé | tangáké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
tangáéi | tangákéi |
Possessive forms of tanga | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | tangám | tangáim |
2nd person sing. | tangád | tangáid |
3rd person sing. | tangája | tangái |
1st person plural | tangánk | tangáink |
2nd person plural | tangátok | tangáitok |
3rd person plural | tangájuk | tangáik |
Derived terms edit
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
tanga
Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed from Portuguese tanga.
Noun edit
tanga m (invariable)
Etymology 2 edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb edit
tanga
- inflection of tangere:
Kituba edit
Verb edit
tanga
- to read
Masbate Sorsogon edit
Noun edit
tanga
Mwani edit
Noun edit
tanga class 5 (plural matanga)
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Alternative forms edit
- tangen m sg
Noun edit
tanga f sg
Old Norse edit
Noun edit
tanga
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
- Hyphenation: tan‧ga
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
tanga f (plural tangas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tanga
- inflection of tangar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
a tanga (third-person singular present tanghează, past participle tangat) 1st conj.
- (nautical) To sway back and forth.
Conjugation edit
infinitive | a tanga | ||||||
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gerund | tangând | ||||||
past participle | tangat | ||||||
number | singular | plural | |||||
person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |
indicative | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | tang | tangi | tangă | tangăm | tangați | tangă | |
imperfect | tangam | tangai | tanga | tangam | tangați | tangau | |
simple perfect | tangai | tangași | tangă | tangarăm | tangarăți | tangară | |
pluperfect | tangasem | tangaseși | tangase | tangaserăm | tangaserăți | tangaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să tang | să tangi | să tange | să tangăm | să tangați | să tange | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | tangă | tangați | |||||
negative | nu tanga | nu tangați |
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano edit
Noun edit
tanga
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
From a Tupian language.
Noun edit
tanga f (plural tangas)
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
tanga
- inflection of tangar:
Further reading edit
- “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili edit
Pronunciation edit
Audio (Kenya) (file)
Noun edit
tanga (ma class, plural matanga)
Verb edit
-tanga (infinitive kutanga)
- to wander, to loiter
- Synonyms: zurura, randaranda
Conjugation edit
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
Derived terms edit
- Verbal derivations:
- Applicative: -tangia
- Causative: -tangisha
- Stative: -tangika
- Other formations: -tangatanga
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Portuguese tanga. First attested in 1982.
Noun edit
tanga c
Declension edit
Declension of tanga | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tanga | tangan | tangor | tangorna |
Genitive | tangas | tangans | tangors | tangornas |
Further reading edit
Tagalog edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).[1]
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
- stupid; foolish; ignorant; slow-witted
- uneducated
- Synonym: walang-pinag-aralan
Derived terms edit
Noun edit
tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
- idiot; stupid person; fool
- Hoy, tanga!
- Hey, fool!
- act of gazing absentmindedly (at something)
- Synonym: pagtanga
- (by extension) act of wasting one's time by gazing absentmindedly (at something)
Etymology 2 edit
From Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin; insect; bug”).[2] Compare Bikol Central tanga and Cebuano tanga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
- clothes moth
- potato worm; weevil (the presence of which is with a certain peculiar taste or odor)
- bookworm
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)
- ancient prohibition with penalty clause
- act of making and fulfilling a promise
- payment agreement
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Etymology 4 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)
Derived terms edit
References edit
- ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen (2010–), “*taŋa₁ § *taŋa”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
- ^ Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980), “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics (PDF), volume B, issue 71, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 134
Further reading edit
Turkish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
tanga (definite accusative tangayı, plural tangalar)
Declension edit
Umbundu edit
Verb edit
-tanga (infinitive okutanga)
Conjugation edit
Infinitive | okutanga | ||||||
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Singular | Plural | ||||||
First-person (ame) |
Second-person (ove) |
Third-person (eye) |
First-person (etu) |
Second-person (ene) |
Third-person (ovo) | ||
Indicative | Present | nditanga | otanga | otanga | tutanga | utangi | vatanga |
Imperfect | ndatangile | watangile | watangile | twatangile | watangili | vatangile | |
Preterite | ndatanga | watanga | watanga | twatanga | watangi | vatanga | |
Future | ndikanda l'okutanga | okanda l'okutanga | okanda l'okutanga | tukanda l'okutanga | ukanda l'okutanga | vakanda l'okutanga | |
Conditional | nda ndatanga | nda watanga | nda watanga | nda twatanga | nda utangí | nda vatanga |
Waray Sorsogon edit
Noun edit
tanga