tiga

See also: tigă

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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak-, *tHk-. Cognate with Danish tie, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old High German dagēn, Latin taceō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiːja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

Verb

tiga (third person singular past indicative tagdi, third person plural past indicative tagt, supine tagt)

1. to be silent

Conjugation

   Conjugation of tiga

v
infinitive	tiga
present participle	tigandi
past participle a7	tagdur
supine	tagt
number	singular			plural
person	first	second	third	all
indicative	eg	tú	hann/hon/tað	vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present	tigi	tigur	tigur	tiga
past	tagdi	tagdi	tagdi	tagdu
imperative	–	tú	–	tit
present	—	tig!	—	tigið!

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Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tiga

Etymology

From Malay tiga (“three”), from Proto-Malayic *tiga, from Prakrit tiga ("triple"), from Sanskrit त्रिक (trika, “triple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: ti‧ga

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Numeral

tiga

1. three

   Enam bagi tiga sama dengan dua.

   Six divided by three equals two.

Synonyms

• telu
• tri

Further reading

• “tiga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɣa/

Verb

tiga (infinitive gũtiga)

1. to stop, to quit

   Tiga kuonia ngarĩ kũhaica mũtĩ. - Stop teaching a leopard how to climb up a tree.

2. to leave, to quit

Derived terms

(Phrases)

• tigwo na wega

(Proverbs)

• mũici na kĩhĩĩ atigaga kĩeha kĩarua
• mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua
• thĩna ndũtigaga handũ ũramenyera

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tiga

Alternative forms

• tigă
• تيݢ‎

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tiga.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /tiɡə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tiɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Numeral

tiga (Jawi spelling تيݢ)

1. three

Synonyms

• telu / تلو‎
• tri (tri-) / تري‎ (تري-‎)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þighia, from Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tiga

1. to keep quiet, to say absolutely nothing

Conjugation

An archaic supine is tegat.

Conjugation of tiga (class 1 strong)

	Active	Passive
Infinitive	tiga	tigas
Present tense	tiger	tigs , tiges
Past tense	teg	tegs
Supine	tigit	tigits
Imperative	tig	—
Present participle	tigande
Past participle	—