vaga

Catalan

Etymology 1

Deverbal from vagar (“to wander”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central)
• IPA^(key): (Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Noun

vaga f (plural vagues)

1. strike (cessation of work)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “vaga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “vaga”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Etymology 2

Verb

vaga

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

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. wave (sea undulation)

   Synonym: onda

2. swell (a long series of ocean waves, generally produced by wind, and lasting after the wind has ceased)

   Synonym: mareira

Etymology 2

From Latin vagus.

Adjective

vaga f sg

1. feminine singular of vago

Verb

vaga

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

References

• “vaga” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “vaga” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “vaga” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Hyphenation: và‧ga

Etymology 1

Adjective

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 2

Verb

vaga

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

Latin

Pronunciation

• vaga: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡa/,
• vaga: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/,
• vagā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯a.ɡaː/,
• vagā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈva.ɡa/,

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vagā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of vagō

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vaga

1. inflection of vagus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

vagā

1. ablative feminine singular of vagus

Lithuanian

Etymology

Cognate with Latvian vaga (“chunk of dirt”), Old Prussian wagnis (“ploughshare”).

Noun

vagà f stress pattern 4

1. furrow, groove, channel
2. scooped chuck of earth
3. watercourse (direction of flow)

Declension

Derived terms

• vagóti (“to plow, to burrow”)

References

• “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos etimologinio žodyno duomenų bazė [Lithuanian etymological dictionary database], 2007–2012
• “vaga”, in Lietuvių kalbos žodynas [Dictionary of the Lithuanian language], lkz.lt, 1941–2024

Maltese

Alternative forms

• vvaka

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian vacare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaː.ɡa/

Verb

vaga (imperfect jvaga)

1. to become vacant

Conjugation

Related terms

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɡɐ
• Homophone: baga (Northern Portugal)
• Hyphenation: va‧ga

Etymology 1

From Old French vague, from Old Norse vágr (“sea”), from Proto-Germanic *wēgaz (“wave, storm”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. wave

Etymology 2

Back-formation from vagar (“to vacate”).

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. vacancy, opening
2. parking space
3. slot, spot
4. place (as in a course or a job)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

vaga

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

References

Scanian

Etymology

From Old Norse vaka.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Verb

vaga

1. to be awake

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǎːɡa/
• Hyphenation: va‧ga

Noun

vága f (Cyrillic spelling ва́га)

1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

Declension

Slovene

Etymology

Borrowed from German Waage.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋáːɡa/

Noun

vȃga f

1. balance, scales (device for weighing goods for sale)

   Synonym: tẹ̑htnica

2. weight

   Synonym: tẹ́ža

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbaɡa/
• Rhymes: -aɡa
• Syllabification: va‧ga

Etymology 1

Noun

vaga f (plural vagas)

1. female equivalent of vago

Etymology 2

Adjective

vaga

1. feminine singular of vago

Etymology 3

Verb

vaga

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

Swedish

Adjective

vaga

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

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waga, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waŋka, possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baŋkaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βaᵑɡa/

Noun

vaga

1. canoe

Further reading

• Terry Crowley et al, The Oceanic Languages (2013), page 366
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.