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vaga

See also: vága, vagá, väga, våga, Vågå, and -vaga

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Deverbal from vagar (“to wander”).

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Noun

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vaga f (plural vagues)

  1. strike (cessation of work)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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vaga

  1. inflection of vagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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Vagas ("waves"), O Vicedo, Galicia

Etymology 1

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From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).[1]

Noun

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vaga f (plural vagas)

  1. wave (sea undulation)
    Synonym: onda
  2. swell (a long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased)
    Synonym: mareira

Etymology 2

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From Latin vagus.

Adjective

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vaga f sg

  1. feminine singular of vago

Verb

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vaga

  1. inflection of vagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “bogar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Italian

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈva.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Hyphenation: và‧ga

Etymology 1

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Adjective

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vaga

  1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 2

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Verb

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vaga

  1. inflection of vagare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vagā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of vagō

Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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vaga

  1. inflection of vagus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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vagā

  1. ablative feminine singular of vagus

Lithuanian

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Etymology

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Cognate with Latvian vaga (“chunk of dirt”), Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”).

Noun

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vagà f stress pattern 4

  1. furrow, groove, channel
  2. scooped chuck of earth
  3. watercourse (direction of flow)

Declension

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Declension of vagà
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
nominative (vardininkas) vagà vãgos
genitive (kilmininkas) vagõs vagų̃
dative (naudininkas) vãgai vagóms
accusative (galininkas) vãgą vagàs
instrumental (įnagininkas) vagà vagomìs
locative (vietininkas) vagojè vagosè
vocative (šauksmininkas) vãga vãgos

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References

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  • “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
  • “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Maltese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian vacare.

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Verb

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vaga (imperfect jvaga)

  1. to become vacant

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of vaga
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
perfect m vagajt vagajt vaga vagajna vagajtu vagaw
f vagat
imperfect m nvaga tvaga jvaga nvagaw tvagaw jvagaw
f tvaga
imperative vaga vagaw
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Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

Noun

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vaga f (plural vagas)

  1. wave

Etymology 2

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Back-formation from vagar (“to vacate”).[1][2][3]

Noun

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vaga f (plural vagas)

  1. vacancy, opening
  2. parking space
  3. slot, spot
  4. place (as in a course or a job)

Etymology 3

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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vaga

  1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 4

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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vaga

  1. inflection of vagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

References

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  1. ^ “vaga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024
  2. ^ “vaga”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2024
  3. ^ “vaga”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2024

Scanian

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Etymology

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From Old Norse vaka.

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Verb

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vaga

  1. to be awake

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Waage.

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  • IPA(key): /ʋǎːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: va‧ga

Noun

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vága f (Cyrillic spelling ва́га)

  1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Declension

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Declension of vaga
singular plural
nominative vaga vage
genitive vage vaga
dative vazi vagama
accusative vagu vage
vocative vago vage
locative vazi vagama
instrumental vagom vagama

Slovene

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Waage.

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vȃga f

  1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)
    Synonym: tẹ̑htnica
  2. weight
    Synonym: tẹ́ža

Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbaɡa/ [ˈba.ɣ̞a]
  • Rhymes: -aɡa
  • Syllabification: va‧ga

Etymology 1

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Noun

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vaga f (plural vagas)

  1. female equivalent of vago

Etymology 2

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Adjective

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vaga

  1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 3

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Verb

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vaga

  1. inflection of vagar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

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Adjective

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vaga

  1. inflection of vag:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

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Etymology

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From Proto-Oceanic *waga, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkaq.

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Noun

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vaga

  1. canoe

Further reading

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  • Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366
  • Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.
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