tanga
English
editEtymology 1
editNoun
edittanga (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
editFrom Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).
Noun
edittanga (plural tangas)
- A pair of tanga briefs.
Anagrams
editBikol Central
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.
Pronunciation
editPreposition
edittangâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editBorrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect/bug/snake/animal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittánga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)
Derived terms
editCebuano
editEtymology 1
editFrom Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ta‧nga
Noun
edittanga
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Cebuano) IPA(key): /taˈŋaʔ/
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Hyphenation: ta‧nga
Adjective
edittanga
- bumbling
- careless, thoughtless
- slow (of reduced intellectual capacity, not quick to comprehend)
- absent-minded
Verb
edittanga
- to bumble
- to be careless
- to be slow to comprehend
- to be absent-minded
Quotations
editFor quotations using this term, see Citations:tanga.
Chamorro
editVerb
edittanga
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese tanga or Spanish tanga.
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittanga f (plural tanga's, diminutive tangaatje n)
Derived terms
editSee also
editFrench
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittanga m (plural tangas)
Further reading
edit- “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editGalician
editVerb
edittanga
- inflection of tanguer:
Garo
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Verb
edittanga
Hiligaynon
editEtymology 1
editFrom Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin, insect, bug, animal”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
edittánga
Etymology 2
editFrom Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
edittangâ
Derived terms
editHungarian
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittanga (plural tangák)
Declension
editInflection (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
editIcelandic
editNoun
edittanga
Italian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from Portuguese tanga.
Noun
edittanga m (invariable)
Etymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
edittanga
- inflection of tangere:
Kankanaey
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittánga
- act of looking, observing, inspecting
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittangá
Derived terms
editReferences
editKituba
editVerb
edittanga
- to read
Masbate Sorsogon
editNoun
edittanga
Mwani
editNoun
edittanga class 5 (plural matanga)
Norwegian Bokmål
editAlternative forms
edit- tangen m sg
Noun
edittanga f sg
Old Norse
editNoun
edittanga
Portuguese
editEtymology
editAn African borrowing, from Kimbundu tanga.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
- Hyphenation: tan‧ga
Etymology 1
editNoun
edittanga f (plural tangas)
Etymology 2
editVerb
edittanga
- inflection of tangar:
Romanian
editEtymology
editVerb
edita tanga (third-person singular present tanghează, past participle tangat) 1st conj.
- (nautical) To sway back and forth.
Conjugation
editinfinitive | 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
editNoun
edittanga
Spanish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom a Tupian language.[1] Or, of African origin and borrowed from Kimbundu ntanga (“loincloth”).[2]
Noun
edittanga f (plural tangas), tanga m (plural tangas) (masc. in Europe, fem. in Americas)
References
edit- ^ “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- ^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, p. 590
Etymology 2
editVerb
edittanga
- inflection of tangar:
Further reading
edit- “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swahili
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittanga (ma class, plural matanga)
Verb
edit-tanga (infinitive kutanga)
- to wander, to loiter
- Synonyms: zurura, randaranda
Conjugation
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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
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Portuguese tanga. First attested in 1982.
Noun
edittanga c
Declension
editFurther reading
editTagalog
editEtymology 1
editEither from the following:
- From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).
- From Proto-Philippine *taŋah (“stupid, silly, ignorant”).
Compare Ilocano tanga, Aklanon tanga, Cebuano tanga, Maranao tanga', and Tausug tanga'.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /taˈŋa/ [t̪ɐˈŋa]
- Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: ta‧nga
Adjective
edittangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
- (offensive) stupid; foolish; ignorant; slow-witted
- (offensive) uneducated
- Synonym: walang-pinag-aralan
Derived terms
editNoun
edittangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
- (offensive) idiot; stupid person; fool
- act of gazing absentmindedly (at something)
- (by extension) act of wasting one's time by gazing absentmindedly (at something)
Etymology 2
editBorrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔/虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin; insect; bug”). Compare Bikol Central tanga and Cebuano tanga.
Pronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
- Syllabification: ta‧nga
Noun
edittangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)
- clothes moth
- potato worm; weevil (the presence of which is with a certain peculiar taste or odor)
- bookworm
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editEtymology 3
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ]
- Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
- Syllabification: ta‧nga
Noun
edittangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)
- ancient prohibition with penalty clause
- act of making and fulfilling a promise
- payment agreement
Derived terms
editSee also
editEtymology 4
editPronunciation
edit- (Standard Tagalog)
- Syllabification: ta‧nga
Noun
edittanga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “tanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
- “tanga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024
- Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves[2] (in Spanish), Manila: Ramirez y Giraudier
- San Buena Ventura, Fr. Pedro de (1613) Juan de Silva, editor, Vocabulario de lengua tagala: El romance castellano puesto primero[3], La Noble Villa de Pila
- page 64: “Apolillarſe) Tang̃a (pp) las palmas”
- page 311: “Eſtender) Tang̃a [(pp)] el cuello para ver algo q̃ no al cança auer”
- page 488: “Polilla) Tang̃a (pp) dela ropa”
- page 595: “Vedar) Tang̃a (pp) mandando noſe haga tal o tal cosa”
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taŋa₂”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*taŋah”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI
- Chan-Yap, Gloria (1980) “Hokkien Chinese borrowings in Tagalog”, in Pacific Linguistics, volume B, number 71 (PDF), Canberra, A.C.T. 2600.: The Australian National University, page 134
Anagrams
editTurkish
editPronunciation
editNoun
edittanga (definite accusative tangayı, plural tangalar)
Declension
editUmbundu
editVerb
edit-tanga (infinitive okutanga)
Conjugation
editInfinitive | 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
editNoun
edittanga
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