biga

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See also: Biga, bigă, and bigą

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin bīga.

Noun[edit]

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

  1. (historical) A Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast.

Translations[edit]

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Anagrams[edit]

Basque[edit]

Noun[edit]

biga ?

  1. calf

Numeral[edit]

biga

  1. two

Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (tree-trunk). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Spanish viga, Occitan biga.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

biga f (plural bigues)

  1. beam, as in a large piece of wood or metal serving a structural role in a building

Further reading[edit]

Cebuano[edit]

Noun[edit]

biga

  1. semen
  2. pre-ejaculate
  3. lust; a feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal

Verb[edit]

biga

  1. to be in heat
  2. to be randy; to feel horny
  3. to lust

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin bīga.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: bì‧ga

Noun[edit]

biga f (plural bighe)

  1. (historical) chariot (two-wheeled)
  2. (baking) pre-ferment sponge, similar to poolish (bread starter)
    • 2018, Piergiorgio Giorilli, Il grande libro del pane, Kindle edition, Milan: Gribaudo, →ISBN:
      Gli impasti a base di biga hanno particolari proprietà viscoso-elastiche e risultano particolarmente lisci ed estensibili. [] Infatti spesso per realizzare le ricette, come pasta dura o pane pugliese, vengono utilizzate tutte e due, sia biga sia pasta di riporto, in modo da sfruttare le peculiarità di ambedue le paste.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms[edit]

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

bi- +‎ iuga

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension

  1. chariot (two-wheeled)
  2. (in the plural) pair of horses

Usage notes[edit]

Exclusively used in the plural in pre-Augustan Latin. Seneca and Pliny were the first writers to use it in the singular.

Declension[edit]

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative bīga bīgae
Genitive bīgae bīgārum
Dative bīgae bīgīs
Accusative bīgam bīgās
Ablative bīgā bīgīs
Vocative bīga bīgae

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • Albanian: bigë
  • Aromanian: bigã
  • Catalan: biga
  • English: biga
  • Italian: biga
  • Occitan: biga
  • Polish: biga
  • Portuguese: biga
  • Romanian: bigă
  • Spanish: viga

References[edit]

  • biga”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • biga in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • biga”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • biga”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

Laz[edit]

Noun[edit]

biga

  1. Latin spelling of ბიგა (biga)

Old High German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Related to Old Norse bingr (heap) (English bing), from a Proto-Germanic derivative of Proto-Indo-European *bʰenǵʰ- (thick), see also Sanskrit बहुल (bahula, abundant).[1]

Noun[edit]

bīga f

  1. pile, heap

Descendants[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Buck, C. D. (2008). A Dictionary of Selected Synonyms in the Principal Indo-European Languages. United States: University of Chicago Press, p. 887

Polish[edit]

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin bīga. First attested in the first half of the 19th century.[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Syllabification: bi‧ga

Noun[edit]

biga f

  1. (Ancient Rome) biga

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ biga in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading[edit]

  • biga in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin biga.

Pronunciation[edit]

 

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ga

Noun[edit]

biga f (plural bigas)

  1. chariot (type of vehicle)

Romanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

biga f

  1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bigă

Sardinian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Probably from Latin bīga (tree-trunk)

Noun[edit]

biga

  1. (Campidanese) beam

Tagalog[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: bi‧ga
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/, [ˈbi.ɣɐʔ]
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiɡa/, [ˈbi.ɣɐ] (girder)

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from Spanish viga.

Noun[edit]

bigà or biga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

  1. (carpentry) girder
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Etymology 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

  1. giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)
    Synonyms: malabiga, badyang

Etymology 3[edit]

Noun[edit]

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

  1. flat lowland
    Synonyms: lambak, libis

Etymology 4[edit]

Possibly Chinese.

Noun[edit]

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

  1. damp or swampy ground
    Synonyms: labon, latian, tanlak, tunlak

Etymology 5[edit]

Noun[edit]

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

  1. root of words meaning "glibness of the tongue", such as malabiga
    Synonyms: daldal, kadaldalan
  2. root of words meaning "fault-finding habit", such as malabiga
    Synonym: pagkamapintasan
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