biga
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- (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.
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Basque edit
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biga ?
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biga
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish viga, Occitan biga.
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Noun edit
biga f (plural bigues)
- beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building
Further reading edit
- “biga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “biga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Cebuano edit
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biga
- semen
- pre-ejaculate
- lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal
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biga
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biga f (plural bighe)
- (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
- (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)
- 2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:
- Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. […] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.
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Latin edit
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- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbiː.ɡa/, [ˈbiːɡä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/, [ˈbiːɡä]
Noun edit
bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension
Usage notes edit
Exclusively used in the plural in pre-Augustan Latin. Seneca and Pliny were the first writers to use it in the singular.
Declension edit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | bīga | bīgae |
Genitive | bīgae | bīgārum |
Dative | bīgae | bīgīs |
Accusative | bīgam | bīgās |
Ablative | bīgā | bīgīs |
Vocative | bīga | bīgae |
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References edit
- “biga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- biga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- “biga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “biga”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Laz edit
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biga
- Latin spelling of ბიგა (biga)
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Etymology edit
Related to Old Norse bingr (“heap”) (English bing), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (“thick”), see also Sanskrit बहुल (bahula, “abundant”).[1]
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bīga f
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References edit
- ^ Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 887
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin bīga. First attested in the first half of the 19th century.[1]
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biga f
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- biga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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- Hyphenation: bi‧ga
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biga f (plural bigas)
- chariot (type of vehicle)
Romanian edit
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biga f
Sardinian edit
Etymology edit
Probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”)
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biga
Tagalog edit
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Etymology 1 edit
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bigà or biga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)
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bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)
Etymology 3 edit
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bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)
Etymology 4 edit
Possibly Chinese.
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bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)
Etymology 5 edit
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bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)
- root of words meaning "glibness of the tongue", such as malabiga
- Synonyms: daldal, kadaldalan
- root of words meaning "fault-finding habit", such as malabiga
- Synonym: pagkamapintasan