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5-letter words (1 found)

TANGA,

4-letter words (7 found)

ANGA,ANTA,GANT,GNAT,NAGA,TANA,TANG,

3-letter words (9 found)

AGA,ANA,ANT,GAN,GAT,NAG,NAT,TAG,TAN,

2-letter words (6 found)

AA,AG,AN,AT,NA,TA,

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Definitions and meaning of tanga

tanga

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.

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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

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

  • (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/
  • 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/

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

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

tanga (plural tangák)

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

Declension

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

  • 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

Noun

tangá

  1. act of biting, nibbling

Derived terms

References

  • Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “tanga”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎[1], 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

  • 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

  • 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

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. Or, of African origin and borrowed from Kimbundu ntanga (“loincloth”).

Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)

  1. (Spain) G-string, thong

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)

  1. (Latin America) G-string, thong

References

Etymology 2

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)

  1. southern lapwing

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

Noun

tanga class V (plural matanga class VI)

  1. sail

Verb

-tanga (infinitive kutanga)

  1. to wander, to loiter
    Synonyms: zurura, randaranda

Conjugation

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

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, bobo, manga, uslak, banggak, tunggak, tonto, ungag, timang, libsang, binsa, pulpol, supak, urat, pindeho, banday, (slang) bopol
  2. (offensive) uneducated
    Synonym: walang-pinag-aralan
Derived terms

Noun

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

  1. (offensive) idiot; stupid person; fool
    Synonyms: gunggong, tunggak, bangag, ungas, hangal, mangmang, maang, manga, uslak, banggak, timang, tunggak, ungag, tonto, libsang, binsa, supak, pindeho, tupa, (obsolete) usang-tao
  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
Related terms

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
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

Further reading

  • “tanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
  • “tanga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2025
  • Noceda, Fr. Juan José de, Sanlucar, Fr. Pedro de (1860) Vocabulario de la lengua tagala, compuesto por varios religiosos doctos y graves‎[2] (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[3], 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

Umbundu

Verb

-tanga (infinitive okutanga)

  1. To study.
  2. To read.

Conjugation

Waray Sorsogon

Noun

tanga

  1. ant

Source: wiktionary.org