riga

riga

1. inflection of rigë:
   1. definite nominative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural

• IPA^(key): /ɽìː.ɡáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key):

rī̀gā f (plural rīgunā̀, possessed form rī̀gar̃)

1. a robe
   1. an agbada or similar, the standard garb of men
   2. a dress, the standard garb of women

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: rì‧ga

Inherited from Old Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (-kh-) (“to scratch, cut”). Akin to Old High German rīga (“line”) (German Reihe (“row, series”)), Old Norse rēga (“string”) (Norwegian reig (“row, line”), Middle Dutch rīe (“line, row”), Old English rǣw (“line, row”).

riga f (plural righe)

1. line
2. stripe
3. parting (of hair)
4. ruler (measuring device)

   Synonym: righello

• rigaggio
• rigare
• rigate
• righello
• riga gnocchi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

riga

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

• Agri, agri, agri-, gira

rigā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rigō

Borrowed from Italian riga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ɡa/

riga f (plural rigi)

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)
2. line

• rige (e-infinitive)

From Old Norse riga.

riga (present tense rigar, past tense riga, past participle riga, passive infinitive rigast, present participle rigande, imperative riga/rig)

1. (intransitive) to budge, rock, sway

• rå

• “riga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• Riga, gira

From Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).

rīga f

1. line

• Middle High German: rīhe
  • German: Reihe

• IPA^(key):

·riga

1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

• IPA^(key):

riga

1. alternative spelling of ríga

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

riga

1. to lift heavily or with difficulty

• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) “riga”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive

From Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɡa/

riga f (plural righi)

1. line
2. stripe
3. ruler (measuring device)

   Synonym: rigaredda

• rigaredda

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

From Venetan, from Italian rucola.

• IPA^(key): /rîːɡa/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ga

rȋga f (Cyrillic spelling ри̑га)

1. (Croatia) commercial name for arugula, rocket (Eruca sativa, a grassy plant used for salad)

   Synonym: rukola