different between biga vs viga

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin b?ga.

Noun

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

1. (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.

See also

• quadriga

Anagrams

• Baig, bagi, gabi

Basque

Noun

biga ?

1. calf

Numeral

biga

1. two

Catalan

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin b?ga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish viga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?bi.??/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?bi.?a/
• Rhymes: -i?a

Noun

biga f (plural bigues)

1. beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building

Further reading

• “biga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “biga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Noun

biga

1. semen
2. precum
3. lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal

Verb

biga

1. to be in heat
2. to be randy; to feel horny
3. to lust

Italian

Etymology

From Latin b?g?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi.?a/

Noun

biga f (plural bighe)

1. (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)

Latin

Etymology

bi- +? iuga

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?bi?.?a/, [?bi??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?bi.?a/, [?bi???]

Noun

b?ga f (genitive b?gae); first declension

1. chariot (two-wheeled)
2. (in the plural) pair of horses

Declension

First-declension noun.

Related terms

• biiugus

Descendants

References

• biga in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• biga in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• biga in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Old High German

Alternative forms

• p?ga

Etymology

Related to Old Norse bingr (“heap”) (English bing), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *b?en??- (“thick”), see also Sanskrit ???? (bahula, “abundant”).

Noun

b?ga f

1. pile, heap

Descendants

• Middle High German: b?ge
  • Alemannic German: Biigi
  • German: Beige
• ? Italian: bica

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin biga

Noun

biga f (plural bigas)

1. chariot (type of vehicle)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?bi?a]

Noun

biga f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of big?

Sardinian

Etymology

Probably from Latin b?ga (“tree-trunk”)

Noun

biga

1. (Campidanese) beam

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish viga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi???/

Noun

viga (plural vigas)

1. A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village

Anagrams

• GAVI, vagi

Asturian

Noun

viga f (plural vigues)

1. beam

Estonian

Etymology

Cognate with Finnish vika.

Noun

viga (genitive vea, partitive viga)

1. mistake, fault

Declension

Italian

Verb

viga

1. third-person singular present subjunctive of vigere

Anagrams

• Gavi, vagì

Livonian

Alternative forms

• (Courland) vig?

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

Noun

viga

1. fault

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

Noun

viga

1. flaw
2. defect

Portuguese

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin b?ga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Spanish viga,Catalan biga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: vi?ga

Noun

viga f (plural vigas)

1. beam (large piece of timber or iron)

   Synonym: trave

Further reading

• “viga” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2021.

Spanish

Etymology

Origin uncertain; probably from Latin b?ga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga,Catalan biga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bi?a/, [?bi.??a]
• Hyphenation: vi?ga

Noun

viga f (plural vigas)

1. timber, beam, rafter, girder

Descendants

• ? English: viga

Further reading

• “viga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology 1

Adjective

viga

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of vig.

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish v?ghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *w?hijan?.

Verb

viga (present viger, preterite vigde, supine vigt, imperative vig)

1. to marry; to unite in wedlock or matrimony
2. to devote something for a specific purpose

Conjugation

Related terms

• inviga
• vigsel
• vigvatten

See also

• gifta

Anagrams

• giva

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

Noun

viga

1. flaw
2. defect
3. failure, malfunction
4. damage
5. mistake

Inflection

References

• Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “????, ??????, ?????, ?????????????, ??????, ?????, ???????????, ?????, ????????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Volapük

Noun

viga

1. genitive singular of vig