tanga

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

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tanga (clothing)

Wikipedia

tanga (plural tangas)

1. A pair of tanga briefs.

Anagrams

• ganta

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

• matanga
• tangaan

 

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

• matanga
• tangahon

 

Cebuano

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tanga

1. scorpion

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• (Standard Cebuano) IPA^(key): /taˈŋaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

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:

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• Hyphenation: tan‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɑŋɡaː

Noun

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

1. thong, G-string

Derived terms

• tangaslip

See also

• reetveter
• string

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ɡa/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /taŋ.ɡa/

• Audio:

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Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong (underwear)

Further reading

• “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ganta

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

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

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

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

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈtaː.ŋʌ]
• Rhymes: -aŋa
• Syllabification: ta‧nga

Noun

tánga

1. act of looking, observing, inspecting

Derived terms

• tangaen

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /taˈŋa/ [tʌˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧nga

Noun

tangá

1. act of biting, nibbling

Derived terms

• 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

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

• tangen m sg

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɐ̃.ɡɐ/

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga

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

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

    conjugation of tanga (first conjugation, no infix)

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tanga

1. ant

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanɡa/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: tan‧ga

Etymology 1

From a Tupian language.^[1] Or, of African origin and borrowed from Kimbundu ntanga (“loincloth”).^[2]

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas), tanga m (plural tangas) (masc. in Europe, fem. in Americas)

1. G-string, thong

References

1. “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
2. 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

Verb

tanga

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

Further reading

• “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Tanga (chombo)

Wikipedia ^sw

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Noun

tanga class V (plural matanga class VI)

1. sail

Verb

-tanga (infinitive kutanga)

1. to wander, to loiter

   Synonyms: zurura, randaranda

Conjugation

Conjugation of -tanga
Positive present -natanga Subjunctive -tange Negative -tangi Imperative singular tanga
Infinitives
Positive kutanga Negative kutotanga
Imperatives
Singular tanga Plural tangeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hutanga Positive past positive subject concord + -litanga Negative past negative subject concord + -kutanga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -natanga) Singular Plural 1st person ninatanga/natanga tunatanga 2nd person unatanga mnatanga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anatanga wanatanga other classes positive subject concord + -natanga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -tangi) Singular Plural 1st person sitangi hatutangi 2nd person hutangi hamtangi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hatangi hawatangi other classes negative subject concord + -tangi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tatanga Negative future negative subject concord + -tatanga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -tange) Singular Plural 1st person nitange tutange 2nd person utange mtange 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atange watange other classes positive subject concord + -tange
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sitange Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngetanga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singetanga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalitanga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalitanga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -atanga) Singular Plural 1st person natanga twatanga 2nd person watanga mwatanga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) atanga watanga m-mi(III/IV) watanga yatanga ji-ma(V/VI) latanga yatanga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chatanga vyatanga n(IX/X) yatanga zatanga u(XI) watanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwatanga pa(XVI) patanga mu(XVIII) mwatanga
Perfect positive subject concord + -metanga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshatanga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jatanga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kitanga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipotanga Consecutive katanga / positive subject concord + -katanga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -katange
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nitanga -tutanga 2nd person -kutanga -watanga/-kutangeni/-watangeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mtanga -watanga m-mi(III/IV) -utanga -itanga ji-ma(V/VI) -litanga -yatanga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kitanga -vitanga n(IX/X) -itanga -zitanga u(XI) -utanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kutanga pa(XVI) -patanga mu(XVIII) -mutanga Reflexive -jitanga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -tanga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -tangaye -tangao m-mi(III/IV) -tangao -tangayo ji-ma(V/VI) -tangalo -tangayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -tangacho -tangavyo n(IX/X) -tangayo -tangazo u(XI) -tangao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -tangako pa(XVI) -tangapo mu(XVIII) -tangamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -tanga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yetanga -otanga m-mi(III/IV) -otanga -yotanga ji-ma(V/VI) -lotanga -yotanga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chotanga -vyotanga n(IX/X) -yotanga -zotanga u(XI) -otanga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kotanga pa(XVI) -potanga mu(XVIII) -motanga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tangia
  • Causative: -tangisha
  • Stative: -tangika
  • Other formations: -tangatanga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga. First attested in 1982.

Noun

tanga c

1. tanga briefs

Declension

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	tanga	tangas
	definite	tangan	tangans
plural	indefinite	tangor	tangors
	definite	tangorna	tangornas

Declension of tanga

Further reading

• tanga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tanga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tanga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Either 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

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /taˈŋa/ [t̪ɐˈŋa]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: ta‧nga

Adjective

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. (offensive) stupid; foolish; ignorant; slow-witted

   Synonyms: gunggong, tunggak, bangag, ungas, hangal, mangmang, maang, manga, uslak, banggak, tunggak, ungag, libsang, binsa, supak, urat, pindeho

   Mukha kang tanga!

   You look stupid!

2. (offensive) uneducated

   Synonym: walang-pinag-aralan

Derived terms

• antanga
• katangahan
• mapatanga
• matanga
• may-pagkatanga
• nakatanga
• napakatanga
• pagkatanga
• shunga
• tange
• tangengot
• tumanga
• tumanga-tanga

 

Noun

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. (offensive) idiot; stupid person; fool

   Synonyms: gunggong, tunggak, bangag, ungas, hangal, mangmang, maang, manga, uslak, banggak, tunggak, ungag, libsang, binsa, supak, pindeho, tupa, (obsolete) usang-tao

   Hoy, tanga!

   Hey, fool!

2. act of gazing absentmindedly (at something)

   Synonyms: pagtanga, malag

3. (by extension) act of wasting one's time by gazing absentmindedly (at something)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔 / 虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin; insect; bug”). Compare Bikol Central tanga and Cebuano tanga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧nga

Noun

tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. clothes moth
2. potato worm; weevil (the presence of which is with a certain peculiar taste or odor)
3. bookworm

Derived terms

• matanga
• tangain

 

Related terms

• simutsang

 

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -aŋaʔ
• Syllabification: ta‧nga

Noun

tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)

1. ancient prohibition with penalty clause
2. act of making and fulfilling a promise
3. payment agreement

Derived terms

• ipagtanga
• itanga
• magtanga
• pagtangaan
• tangaan
• tumanga

 

See also

• kabawalan

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐ]
    • Rhymes: -aŋa
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/ [ˈt̪aː.ŋɐʔ] (obsolete)
• Syllabification: ta‧nga

Noun

tanga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)

1. act of extending the neck to see something

Derived terms

• itanga
• tangahan
• tangahin
• tumanga

 

Further reading

• “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 (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, 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

• tagan, ganta, Gatan, angat, atang, ngata, Angat

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋɡɑ/

Noun

tanga (definite accusative tangayı, plural tangalar)

1. thong

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tanga
Definite accusative	tangayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tanga	tangalar
Definite accusative	tangayı	tangaları
Dative	tangaya	tangalara
Locative	tangada	tangalarda
Ablative	tangadan	tangalardan
Genitive	tanganın	tangaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tangam tangalarım 2nd singular tangan tangaların 3rd singular tangası tangaları 1st plural tangamız tangalarımız 2nd plural tanganız tangalarınız 3rd plural tangaları tangaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tangamı tangalarımı 2nd singular tanganı tangalarını 3rd singular tangasını tangalarını 1st plural tangamızı tangalarımızı 2nd plural tanganızı tangalarınızı 3rd plural tangalarını tangalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tangama tangalarıma 2nd singular tangana tangalarına 3rd singular tangasına tangalarına 1st plural tangamıza tangalarımıza 2nd plural tanganıza tangalarınıza 3rd plural tangalarına tangalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tangamda tangalarımda 2nd singular tanganda tangalarında 3rd singular tangasında tangalarında 1st plural tangamızda tangalarımızda 2nd plural tanganızda tangalarınızda 3rd plural tangalarında tangalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tangamdan tangalarımdan 2nd singular tangandan tangalarından 3rd singular tangasından tangalarından 1st plural tangamızdan tangalarımızdan 2nd plural tanganızdan tangalarınızdan 3rd plural tangalarından tangalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tangamın tangalarımın 2nd singular tanganın tangalarının 3rd singular tangasının tangalarının 1st plural tangamızın tangalarımızın 2nd plural tanganızın tangalarınızın 3rd plural tangalarının tangalarının

Umbundu

Verb

-tanga (infinitive okutanga)

1. To study.
2. To read.

Conjugation

Infinitive		okutanga
		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

    Conjugation of tanga

Waray Sorsogon

Noun

tanga

1. ant