stega

Crimean Gothic

Etymology

Usually considered identical to Old Saxon stīga (German Stiege), Middle Dutch stîge (Dutch stijg), all “twenty” (of an agricultural product). The further origin of this word is uncertain. It has been compared to Ancient Greek στίχος (stíkhos, “row, line”), which if related, from Proto-Indo-European *steygʰ- (“to walk, go, ascend”).

Numeral

stega

1. twenty
   • 1562, Ogier Ghiselin de Busbecq:

     Viginti dicebat stega, triginta treithyen, quadraginta furdeithien, centum sada, hazer mille.

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek στέγη (stégē).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡa/,
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈste.ɡa/,

Noun

stega f (genitive stegae); first declension

1. (nautical) The deck of a ship

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• “stega”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• stega in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

stega n

1. definite plural of steg

Swedish

Etymology

steg +‎ -a, used at least since 1655.

Verb

stega (present stegar, preterite stegade, supine stegat, imperative stega)

1. to pace, to measure the length by counting steps of a known length, e.g. one metre
2. to step, to walk, to pace (with indivial steps)

   Eleven stegade tvekande fram till svarta tavlan.

   The pupil hesitantly stepped up to the blackboard.

3. to step (an electric stepper relay or stepper motor)

Conjugation

Related terms

• stegmotor
• stegning
• stegrelä
• stegräknare
• uppstegad

References

• stega in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• stega in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• tages