tanga

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tanga (plural tangas)

1. (historical) Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and 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 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'.

Etymology 2

From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).

Noun

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tanga (clothing)

Wikipedia

tanga (plural tangas)

1. A pair of tanga briefs.

Anagrams

• ganta

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈŋaʔ/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Preposition

tangâ (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. between

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hokkien 蟲仔／虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect/bug/snake/animal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/,
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tánga (Basahan spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. ant

   Synonym: sirom

Derived terms

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 蟲仔／虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tanga

1. scorpion

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

Pronunciation

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /taˈŋaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Adjective

tanga

1. bumbling
2. careless, thoughtless
3. slow (of reduced intellectual capacity, not quick to comprehend)
4. absent-minded

Verb

tanga

1. to bumble
2. to be careless
3. to be slow to comprehend
4. to be absent-minded

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanga.

Chamorro

Verb

tanga

1. To desire something, to crave.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga or Spanish tanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡaː/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: tan‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɑŋɡaː

Noun

tanga f (plural tanga's, diminutive tangaatje n)

1. thong, G-string

Derived terms

• tangaslip

See also

• reetveter
• string

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish tanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ɡa/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /taŋ.ɡa/

• Audio

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Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong (underwear)

Further reading

• “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Anagrams

• ganta

Galician

Verb

tanga

1. inflection of tanguer:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Garo

Etymology

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

Verb

tanga

1. To live, be alive.

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Hokkien 蟲仔／虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin, insect, bug, animal”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧nga
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/,

Noun

tánga

1. cockroach

Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ta‧nga
• IPA^(key): /taˈŋaʔ/,

Verb

tangâ

1. to raise one's eyes

Derived terms

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

Noun

tanga (plural tangák)

1. G-string, thong, tanga, posing pouch

Declension

Derived terms

• tangabugyi

Icelandic

Noun

tanga

1. indefinite accusative singular of tangi
2. indefinite dative singular of tangi
3. indefinite genitive singular of tangi
4. indefinite accusative plural of tangi
5. indefinite genitive plural of tangi

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: tàn‧ga

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga.

Noun

tanga m (invariable)

1. G-string

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

tanga

1. inflection of tangere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Kituba

Verb

tanga

1. to read

Masbate Sorsogon

Noun

tanga

1. ant

Mwani

Noun

tanga class 5 (plural matanga)

1. sail

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tangen m sg

Noun

tanga f sg

1. definite feminine singular of tang

Old Norse

Noun

tanga

1. inflection of tangi:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
2. genitive plural of tǫng

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)

1. loincloth (garment that covers the crotch)
2. very small bikini

Etymology 2

Verb

tanga

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French tanguer.

Verb

a tanga (third-person singular present tanghează, past participle tangat) 1st conj.

1. (nautical) To sway back and forth.

Conjugation

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Noun

tanga

1. ant

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: tan‧ga

Etymology 1

From a Tupian language.

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong

Etymology 2

Verb

tanga

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

Further reading

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

Swahili

Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:

Tanga (chombo)

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Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Noun

tanga (ma class, plural matanga)

1. sail

Verb

-tanga (infinitive kutanga)

1. to wander, to loiter

   Synonyms: zurura, randaranda

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -tangia
  • Causative: -tangisha
  • Stative: -tangika
  • Other formations: -tangatanga

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga. First attested in 1982.

Noun

tanga c

1. tanga briefs

Declension

Further reading

• tanga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tanga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tanga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tagalog

Etymology 1

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /taˈŋa/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Adjective

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. stupid; foolish; ignorant; slow-witted

   Synonyms: gunggong, tunggak, bangag, ungas, hangal, mangmang, maang, manga, uslak, banggak, tunggak, ungag, libsang, binsa, supak

   Mukha kang tanga!

   You look stupid!

2. uneducated

   Synonym: walang-pinag-aralan

Derived terms

Noun

tangá (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. idiot; stupid person; fool

   Hoy, tanga!

   Hey, fool!

2. act of gazing absentmindedly (at something)

   Synonym: pagtanga

3. (by extension) act of wasting one's time by gazing absentmindedly (at something)

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 蟲仔／虫仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin; insect; bug”). Compare Bikol Central tanga and Cebuano tanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ)

1. clothes moth
2. potato worm; weevil (the presence of which is with a certain peculiar taste or odor)
3. bookworm

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋaʔ/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tangà (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)

1. ancient prohibition with penalty clause
2. act of making and fulfilling a promise
3. payment agreement

Derived terms

See also

• kabawalan

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/,
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

Noun

tanga (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜅ) (obsolete)

1. act of extending the neck to see something

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “tanga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• “tanga”, in Pinoy Dictionary, 2010–2024

Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋɡɑ/

Noun

tanga (definite accusative tangayı, plural tangalar)

1. thong

Declension

Umbundu

Verb

-tanga (infinitive okutanga)

1. To study.
2. To read.

Conjugation

Waray Sorsogon

Noun

tanga

1. ant