Tanga

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tanga"

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Bantu *-cànga

Proto-Sabaki *-canga

Swahili tangader.

English Tanga

Derived from Swahili tanga (“sail”), from Proto-Sabaki *-canga, from Proto-Bantu *-cànga.

Proper noun

Tanga

1. A city and port, the capital of the Tanga Region, Tanzania.

References

• Gunther, John (1955). Inside Africa. Harper & Brothers. p. 407

Cebuano

Etymology

From tanga (“a scorpion”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: Ta‧nga

Proper noun

Tanga

1. a surname transferred from the common noun

German

Tanga

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋɡa/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Tan‧ga

Noun

Tanga m (strong, genitive Tangas, plural Tangas)

1. G-string, thong (scanty piece of underwear or lingerie)

   Synonyms: G-String, Minislip, String, Stringtanga

Declension

Declension of Tanga [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tanga	die	Tangas
genitive	eines	des	Tangas	der	Tangas
dative	einem	dem	Tanga	den	Tangas
accusative	einen	den	Tanga	die	Tangas

Further reading

• “Tanga”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)
• “Tanga” in Duden online
• “Tanga”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Tanga” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Proper noun

Tanga

1. (astronomy) Vela