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viga

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See also: vigā

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish viga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːɡə/
  • Rhymes: -iːɡə

Noun

viga (plural vigas)

  1. (New Mexico) A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
    • 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:
      The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor.

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

viga f (plural vigues)

  1. beam

Estonian

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Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deception”). Cognates include Votic, Ingrian, and Finnish vika (“ailment, disease; fault, error; fault; defect; disability; disorder; bad habit”), Livonian vigā (“error; disease; fault; cause”), Karelian, Livvi, and Veps viga (“defect; error; fault; cause”) and Inari Sami vahe (“mistake; injury; illness”) (from Proto-Samic *vëkē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviɡ̊ɑ/, [ˈviɡ̊ɑ]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡ̊ɑ
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ga

Noun

viga (genitive vea, partitive viga)

  1. mistake, error, fault (failure to comply with a rule, norm, standard, fact, etc., deviation from correct performance)
  2. flaw, defect, blemish, drawback (being out of order)
    Mis sul viga on? ― What's wrong with you? (literally, “What is your flaw?”)
    1. malaise; disease; injury
      Ärge tehke talle viga! ― Don't hurt him! (literally, “Don't make him any injuries!”)
  3. lack, deficiency (something that prevents from being perfect, a disturbing quality, tendency, or phenomenon, a weak or negative aspect)
  4. fault, blame; cause, reason

Declension

More information Declension of (ÕS type 18u/sõda, g-ø gradation), singular ...

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • pole viga
  • veatu
  • viga saama
  • vigane
  • vigastama
  • vigastuma

Compounds

  • arvutusviga
  • esindusviga
  • faktiviga
  • hooletusviga
  • hääldusviga
  • iluviga
  • interpunktsiooniviga
  • kangaviga
  • kasvatusviga
  • keeleviga
  • kehaviga
  • kirjavahemärgiviga
  • kirjaviga
  • komaviga
  • lihtviga
  • loogikaviga
  • mõõteviga
  • mõõtmisviga
  • näpuviga
  • ortograafiaviga
  • pallinguviga
  • puurimisviga
  • pöiaviga
  • rautusviga
  • raviviga
  • riideviga
  • rühiviga
  • ründeviga
  • stiiliviga
  • säritusviga
  • süntaksiviga
  • taktikaviga
  • tallamisviga
  • tehteviga
  • trükiviga
  • turvaviga
  • tõestusviga
  • tõlkeviga
  • täheviga
  • tüüpviga
  • vaatlusviga
  • viinaviga
  • viiteviga
  • vormiviga
  • õigekirjaviga
  • õmblusviga
  • ümardusviga
  • veaavastus
  • vealipp
  • veaprotsent
  • veateade
  • veatõrje
  • vigaderohke

References

  • viga in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
  • “viga”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
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Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-.

Verb

viga (third person singular past indicative vigaði, third person plural past indicative vigaðu, supine vigað)

  1. to weigh

Conjugation

More information infinitive, supine ...

1Only the past participle being declined.

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Italian

Verb

viga

  1. third-person singular present subjunctive of vigere

Anagrams

Livonian

Noun

viga

  1. Salaca form of vigā (“fault”)

References

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

Noun

viga

  1. flaw
  2. defect

Nias

Noun

viga

  1. mutated form of figa (“plate”)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Rhymes: -iɡɐ
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ga

Etymology 1

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga. Cognate with Spanish viga, Catalan and Occitan biga.

Noun

viga f (plural vigas)

  1. (engineering) beam (linear part subject mainly to bending stresses; prismatic construction element made of reinforced concrete, wood, etc.)
    Synonym: trave
Derived terms
verbs
  • vigar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

viga

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

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Catalan biga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɡa/ [ˈbi.ɣ̞a]
  • Audio (Colombia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: vi‧ga

Noun

viga f (plural vigas)

  1. timber, beam, rafter, girder

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → English: viga

Further reading

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Swedish

Etymology 1

Adjective

viga

  1. inflection of vig:
    1. definite singular
    2. plural

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vīghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

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
    Han har vigt sitt liv åt att hjälpa andra.
    He has devoted his life to helping others.
  3. to ordain; to admit into the ministry of a religion
    Synonym: ordinera
    • 2004, Anders Piltz, “Gunnar Rosendals verk”, in Signum‎, number 4, archived from the original on 9 May 2021:
      Müller närde förhoppningar om att kunna viga honom till katolsk präst.
      Müller had hopes of being able to ordain him as a Catholic priest.
    • 2010, Lars Cavallin, transl., Katolska kyrkans katekes‎, Catholica, archived from the original on 20 April 2025, §1580:
      I de orientaliska kyrkorna [...] kan gifta män vigas till präster och diakoner.
      In the Eastern Churches married men can be ordained as priests and deacons.
Conjugation
More information active, passive ...

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

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Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

Noun

viga

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

Inflection

More information Inflection of (inflection type 5/sana), nominative sing. ...

References

Volapük

Noun

viga

  1. genitive singular of vig

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