different between conga vs tonga

English

Etymology

For the dance:

• Borrowed from Spanish Congo (“Congo dance”), so-called for being assumedly of sub-Saharan African origin.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k????/
• (US) enPR: käng?g?, IPA^(key): /?k????/
• Rhymes: -????
• Homophone: conger (non-rhotic accents)

Noun

conga (plural congas)

1. (music) A tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban hand drum of African origin.
2. (dance) A march of Cuban origin in four-four time in which people form a chain, each holding the hips of the person in front of them; in each bar, dancers take three shuffle steps and then kick alternate legs outwards at the beat; the chain weaves around the place and allows new participants to join the back of the chain. [from 1935]

Derived terms

• conga line

Translations

Verb

conga (third-person singular simple present congas, present participle congaing, simple past and past participle congaed)

1. To dance the conga.

See also

• bunny hop

Further reading

• conga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• conga line on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Cogan

Dutch

Etymology

Likely borrowed from English conga, from Spanish conga, from Congo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k??.?a?/
• Hyphenation: con?ga

Noun

conga f (plural conga's)

1. (music) A conga (tall, narrow Cuban hand drum used in pairs).
2. (music, uncountable) Conga (Cuban march music and dance style).

French

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)

Further reading

• “conga” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• cogna

Romanian

Etymology

From French conga.

Noun

conga f (uncountable)

1. conga (drum)
2. conga (dance)

Declension

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kon?a/, [?kõ?.?a]

Noun

conga f (plural congas)

1. conga (dance)

English

Etymology 1

From Hindi ????? (???g?).

Alternative forms

• tanga

Noun

tonga (plural tongas)

1. (India) A light, two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage used for transportation in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
   • 1890, Rudyard Kipling, Plain Tales from the Hills:

     Coming up along the Cart-Road a tonga passed me, and my pony, tired with standing so long, set off at a canter.

   • 1924, EM Forster, A Passage to India, Penguin 2005, p. 13:

     When his tyre went flat, he leapt off and shouted for a tonga.

Etymology 2

From Tonga.

Noun

tonga (uncountable)

1. (medicine) A drug useful in neuralgia, derived from a Fijian plant supposed to be of the aroid genus Epipremnum.

Anagrams

• Atong, on tag, tag on, tango

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a learned borrowing.

Pronunciation

(Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /?to?.??/

• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?to?.?a/

Noun

tonga f (plural tongues)

1. (historical) A form of tunic worn by Catalan Jews during the Middle Ages.

Derived terms

• tongada

Related terms

• caftà

Further reading

• “tonga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Finnish

Etymology

< Tonga

Noun

tonga

1. Tongan (language)

Declension

Anagrams

• tango, togan

Lingala

Verb

-tonga (infinitive kotonga)

1. to sew, to mend

See also

• -tónga

Malagasy

Etymology 1

Participle

tonga

1. arrived

Etymology 2

The talisman sense comes from Etymology 1 of the word.

Noun

tonga

1. (Mahafaly, Sakalava) a charm or talisman believed to bring one safely to their destination
2. (by extension) a plant used to make this talisman, the blue porterweed (Stachytarpheta jamaicensis)
3. (Antanosy) rosy periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus)
4. (Bara) Catharanthus longifolius

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *te?aq. Cognate with Malay tengah.

Noun

tonga

1. south

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

tonga f

1. definite singular of tong

Portuguese

Noun

tonga m (uncountable)

1. Tongan (Austronesian language spoken in Tonga)

   Synonym: tonganês

Rapa Nui

Noun

tonga

1. a kind of yam

Solon

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *tu?ga. Cognate with Evenki ????? (tun?a), Even ???????? (tu?n??n), Oroqen t???a, Manchu ????? (sunja).

Pronunciation

Numeral

tonga

1. five

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ton?a/, [?t?õ?.?a]

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin tunica. Doublet of túnica, a borrowing.

Noun

tonga f (plural tongas)

1. coating (thin outer layer)

   Synonym: tongada

2. (Argentina, Colombia) task, job
3. (Canary Islands, Cuba) heap, pile

Derived terms

• tongada
• entongar

Etymology 2

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

Noun

tonga m or f (plural tongas)

1. a member of the Tonga people of southern Africa

Etymology 3

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

Noun

tonga m or f (plural tongas)

1. Tongan (someone from Tonga)

Further reading

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

Turkish

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

tonga (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})

1. (slang) cheating, trick