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See also: Tanga, tánga, tangá, tânga, tângă, -tanga, and -tánga

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tanga (plural tangas)

  1. (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

From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).

Noun

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tanga (plural tangas)

  1. A pair of tanga briefs.

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /taˈŋaʔ/ [taˈŋaʔ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Preposition

tangâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)

  1. between
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect/bug/snake/animal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈta.ŋa]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tánga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)

  1. ant
    Synonym: sirom
Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

tanga

  1. scorpion

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

tanga

  1. bumbling
  2. careless, thoughtless
  3. slow (of reduced intellectual capacity, not quick to comprehend)
  4. absent-minded

Verb

tanga

  1. to bumble
  2. to be careless
  3. to be slow to comprehend
  4. to be absent-minded

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanga.

Chamorro

Verb

tanga

  1. To desire something, to crave.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga or Spanish tanga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡaː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: tan‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɑŋɡaː

Noun

tanga f (plural tanga's, diminutive tangaatje n)

  1. thong, G-string

Derived terms

  • tangaslip

See also

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanga.

Pronunciation

Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)

  1. G-string, thong (underwear)

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

tanga

  1. inflection of tanguer:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Garo

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

tanga

  1. To live, be alive.

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin, insect, bug, animal”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧nga
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈta.ŋa]

Noun

tánga

  1. cockroach

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: ta‧nga
  • IPA(key): /taˈŋaʔ/ [taˈŋaʔ]

Verb

tangâ

  1. to raise one's eyes
Derived terms
  • magtanga

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈtɒŋɡɒ]
  • Hyphenation: tan‧ga
  • Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

tanga (plural tangák)

  1. G-string, thong, tanga, posing pouch

Declension

More information singular, plural ...
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
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
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More information possessor, single possession ...
Possessive forms of tanga
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
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Derived terms

  • tangabugyi

Icelandic

Noun

tanga

  1. indefinite accusative singular of tangi
  2. indefinite dative singular of tangi
  3. indefinite genitive singular of tangi
  4. indefinite accusative plural of tangi
  5. indefinite genitive plural of tangi

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtan.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -anɡa
  • Hyphenation: tàn‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga.

Noun

tanga m (invariable)

  1. G-string

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tanga

  1. inflection of tangere:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Kankanaey)
    • IPA(key): /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈtaː.ŋʌ] (“looking”)
      • Rhymes: -aŋa
    • IPA(key): /taˈŋa/ [tʌˈŋa] (“biting”)
      • Rhymes: -a
  • Syllabification: ta‧nga

Noun

tánga

  1. act of looking, observing, inspecting
  2. act of holding something in the mouth

Derived terms

  • tangaen

Noun

tangá

  1. act of biting, nibbling

Derived terms

  • intatanga
  • itanga

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tanga”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 454
  • Allen, Larry (2021) “tánga”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary‎, Summer Institute of Linguistics

Kituba

Verb

tanga

  1. to read

Masbate Sorsogon

Noun

tanga

  1. ant

Mwani

Noun

tanga class 5 (plural matanga)

  1. sail

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

Noun

tanga f sg

  1. definite feminine singular of tang

Old Norse

Noun

tanga

  1. inflection of tangi:
    1. oblique singular
    2. accusative plural
    3. genitive plural
  2. genitive plural of tǫng

Portuguese

Etymology

An African borrowing, from Kimbundu tanga.

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)

  1. loincloth (garment that covers the crotch)
  2. very small bikini

Etymology 2

Verb

tanga

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tanguer.

Verb

a tanga (third-person singular present tanghează, past participle tangat) 1st conjugation

  1. (nautical) To sway back and forth.

Conjugation

More information infinitive, gerund ...
infinitive a tanga
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
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    conjugation of tanga (first conjugation, no infix)

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tanga

  1. ant

Spanish

Swahili

Swedish

Tagalog

Turkish

Umbundu

Waray Sorsogon

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