tanga
See also: -tanga
English
Etymology 1
Noun
tanga (plural tangas)
- Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India equal to 1/10th of a Rupee, a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers, a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers, 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'.
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Etymology 2
Noun
tanga (plural tangas)
- A bikini bottom composed of two triangular panels connected by strings at the side
Cebuano
Pronunciation 1
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /ˈtaŋa/
- Rhymes: -a
- Hyphenation: ta‧nga
Pronunciation 2
- (General Cebuano) IPA(key): /taˈŋaʔ/
- Rhymes: -aʔ
- Hyphenation: ta‧nga
Adjective
tanga
- bumbling
- careless; thoughtless
- slow; of reduced intellectual capacity; not quick to comprehend
- absent-minded
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:tanga.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /tɑ̃.ɡa/
Further reading
- “tanga” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtɒŋɡɒ]
- Hyphenation: tan‧ga
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
Possessive forms of tanga | ||
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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
Italian
Verb
tanga
- inflection of tangere:
- first-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Northern Catanduanes Bicolano
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: tan‧ga
Spanish
Etymology
From a Tupian language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtanɡa/, [ˈt̪ãŋɡa]
- Hyphenation: tan‧ga
Further reading
- “tanga” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.ˈŋa/
Adjective
tangá
- gullible
- idiotic
- (usually derogatory, vulgar) stupid; foolish
- Mukha kang tanga!
- You look foolish!
Synonyms
- ulaga
- walang isip
Derived terms
- katangahan
- (gay slang): shunga
Turkish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɑŋɡɑ/
Declension
Inflection | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Umbundu
Conjugation
Conjugation of tanga
Infinitive | okutanga | ||||||
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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 |
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