viga
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viga (plural vigas)
- (New Mexico) A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
- 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
- The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor.
Anagrams edit
Asturian edit
Noun edit
viga f (plural vigues)
Estonian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vika, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deception”). Cognates include Votic, Ingrian, and Finnish vika (“ailment, disease; fault, error; fault; defect; disability; disorder; bad habit”), Livonian vigā (“error; disease; fault; cause”), Karelian, Livvi, and Veps viga (“defect; error; fault; cause”) and Inari Sami vahe (“mistake; injury; illness”) (from Proto-Samic *vëkē).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viga (genitive vea, partitive viga)
- mistake, error, fault (failure to comply with a rule, norm, standard, fact, etc., deviation from correct performance)
- flaw, defect, blemish, drawback (being out of order)
- Mis sul viga on? ― What's wrong with you? (literally, “What is your flaw?”)
- lack, deficiency (something that prevents from being perfect, a disturbing quality, tendency, or phenomenon, a weak or negative aspect)
- fault, blame; cause, reason
Declension edit
Declension of viga (ÕS type 18u/sõda, g-ø gradation) | |||
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singular | plural | ||
nominative | viga | vead | |
accusative | nom. | ||
gen. | vea | ||
genitive | vigade | ||
partitive | viga | vigu vigasid | |
illative | vikka veasse |
vigadesse | |
inessive | veas | vigades | |
elative | veast | vigadest | |
allative | veale | vigadele | |
adessive | veal | vigadel | |
ablative | vealt | vigadelt | |
translative | veaks | vigadeks | |
terminative | veani | vigadeni | |
essive | veana | vigadena | |
abessive | veata | vigadeta | |
comitative | veaga | vigadega |
Synonyms edit
- (flaw, defect): häire, rike
- (disease): haigus, tõbi, häda
- (lack): nõrkus, puudujääk, puudus
- (fault, blame): süü
Derived terms edit
Compounds edit
- arvutusviga
- esindusviga
- faktiviga
- hooletusviga
- hääldusviga
- iluviga
- interpunktsiooniviga
- kangaviga
- kasvatusviga
- keeleviga
- kehaviga
- kirjavahemärgiviga
- kirjaviga
- komaviga
- lihtviga
- loogikaviga
- mõõteviga
- mõõtmisviga
- näpuviga
- ortograafiaviga
- pallinguviga
- puurimisviga
- pöiaviga
- rautusviga
- raviviga
- riideviga
- rühiviga
- ründeviga
- stiiliviga
- säritusviga
- süntaksiviga
- taktikaviga
- tallamisviga
- tehteviga
- trükiviga
- turvaviga
- tõestusviga
- tõlkeviga
- täheviga
- tüüpviga
- vaatlusviga
- viinaviga
- viiteviga
- vormiviga
- õigekirjaviga
- õmblusviga
- ümardusviga
References edit
Faroese edit
Etymology edit
From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-.
Verb edit
viga (third person singular past indicative vigaði, third person plural past indicative vigaðu, supine vigað)
- to weigh
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of viga (group v-30) | ||
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infinitive | viga | |
supine | vigað | |
participle (a6)1 | vigandi | vigaður |
present | past | |
first singular | vigi | vigaði |
second singular | vigar | vigaði |
third singular | vigar | vigaði |
plural | viga | vigaðu |
imperative | ||
singular | viga! | |
plural | vigið! | |
1Only the past participle being declined. |
Italian edit
Verb edit
viga
Anagrams edit
Livonian edit
Alternative forms edit
- (Courland) vigā
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vika.
Noun edit
viga
Ludian edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vika.
Noun edit
viga
Nias edit
Noun edit
viga
- mutated form of figa (“plate”)
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Spanish viga, Catalan and Occitan biga.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vi‧ga
Noun edit
viga f (plural vigas)
Further reading edit
- “viga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Catalan biga, Occitan biga.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viga f (plural vigas)
Descendants edit
- → English: viga
Further reading edit
- “viga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish edit
Etymology 1 edit
Adjective edit
viga
Etymology 2 edit
From Old Swedish vīghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.
Verb edit
viga (present viger, preterite vigde, supine vigt, imperative vig)
- to marry; to unite in wedlock or matrimony
- to devote something for a specific purpose
- Han har vigt sitt liv åt att hjälpa andra.
- He has devoted his life to helping others.
Conjugation edit
Active | Passive | |||
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Infinitive | viga | vigas | ||
Supine | vigt | vigts | ||
Imperative | vig | — | ||
Imper. plural1 | vigen | — | ||
Present | Past | Present | Past | |
Indicative | viger | vigde | vigs, viges | vigdes |
Ind. plural1 | viga | vigde | vigas | vigdes |
Subjunctive2 | vige | vigde | viges | vigdes |
Participles | ||||
Present participle | vigande | |||
Past participle | vigd | |||
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. |
Related terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- viga in Svensk ordbok.
Anagrams edit
Veps edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Finnic *vika.
Noun edit
viga
Inflection edit
Inflection of viga (inflection type 5/sana) | |||
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nominative sing. | viga | ||
genitive sing. | vigan | ||
partitive sing. | vigad | ||
partitive plur. | vigoid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | viga | vigad | |
accusative | vigan | vigad | |
genitive | vigan | vigoiden | |
partitive | vigad | vigoid | |
essive-instructive | vigan | vigoin | |
translative | vigaks | vigoikš | |
inessive | vigas | vigoiš | |
elative | vigaspäi | vigoišpäi | |
illative | vigaha | vigoihe | |
adessive | vigal | vigoil | |
ablative | vigalpäi | vigoilpäi | |
allative | vigale | vigoile | |
abessive | vigata | vigoita | |
comitative | viganke | vigoidenke | |
prolative | vigadme | vigoidme | |
approximative I | viganno | vigoidenno | |
approximative II | vigannoks | vigoidennoks | |
egressive | vigannopäi | vigoidennopäi | |
terminative I | vigahasai | vigoihesai | |
terminative II | vigalesai | vigoilesai | |
terminative III | vigassai | — | |
additive I | vigahapäi | vigoihepäi | |
additive II | vigalepäi | vigoilepäi |
References edit
- Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “брак, дефект, изъян, неисправность, ошибка, повод, повреждение, порок, упущение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary][1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Volapük edit
Noun edit
viga