riga

See also: Riga, Rīga, Rīgā, Ríga, and Rîga

Hausa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɽìː.ɡáː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [ɽìː.ɡáː]

Noun

rī̀gā f (plural rīgunā̀, possessed form rī̀gar̃)

1. a robe
   1. an agbada or similar, the standard garb of men
   2. a dress, the standard garb of women

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈri.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Hyphenation: rì‧ga

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (-kh-) (“to scratch, cut”). Akin to Old High German rīga (“line”) (German Reihe (“row, series”)), Old Norse rēga (“string”) (Norwegian reig (“row, line”), Middle Dutch rīe (“line, row”), Old English rǣw (“line, row”).

Noun

riga f (plural righe)

1. line
2. stripe
3. parting (of hair)
4. ruler (measuring device)

   Synonym: righello

Derived terms

• rigaggio
• rigare
• rigate
• righello
• riga gnocchi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

riga

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

Anagrams

• Agri, agri, agri-, gira

Latin

Verb

rigā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of rigō

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian riga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriː.ɡa/

Noun

riga f (plural rigi)

1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)
2. line

Related terms

• rig
• rigatur
• rigatura
• rriga

 

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• rige (e-infinitive)

Etymology

From Old Norse riga.

Verb

riga (present tense rigar, past tense riga, past participle riga, passive infinitive rigast, present participle rigande, imperative riga/rig)

1. (intransitive) to budge, rock, sway

Related terms

• rå

References

• “riga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• Riga, gira

Old High German

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).

Noun

rīga f

1. line

Descendants

• Middle High German: rīhe
  • German: Reihe

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈr͈ʲiɣa/

Verb

·riga

1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
·riga also ·rriga	·riga pronounced with /-r(ʲ)-/	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Old Norse

Etymology

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

Verb

riga

1. (+dative) to lift heavily or with difficulty

Conjugation

Conjugation of riga — active (weak class 2)

infinitive	riga
present participle	rigandi
past participle	rigaðr
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	riga	rigaða
2nd-person singular	rigar	rigaðir
3rd-person singular	rigar	rigaði
1st-person plural	rigum	riguðum
2nd-person plural	rigið	riguðuð
3rd-person plural	riga	riguðu
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	riga	rigaða
2nd-person singular	rigir	rigaðir
3rd-person singular	rigi	rigaði
1st-person plural	rigim	rigaðim
2nd-person plural	rigið	rigaðið
3rd-person plural	rigi	rigaði
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	riga
1st-person plural	rigum
2nd-person plural	rigið

Conjugation of riga — mediopassive (weak class 2)

infinitive	rigask
present participle	rigandisk
past participle	rigazk
indicative	present	past
1st-person singular	rigumk	riguðumk
2nd-person singular	rigask	rigaðisk
3rd-person singular	rigask	rigaðisk
1st-person plural	rigumsk	riguðumsk
2nd-person plural	rigizk	riguðuzk
3rd-person plural	rigask	riguðusk
subjunctive	present	past
1st-person singular	rigumk	riguðumk
2nd-person singular	rigisk	rigaðisk
3rd-person singular	rigisk	rigaðisk
1st-person plural	rigimsk	rigaðimsk
2nd-person plural	rigizk	rigaðizk
3rd-person plural	rigisk	rigaðisk
imperative	present
2nd-person singular	rigask
1st-person plural	rigumsk
2nd-person plural	rigizk

References

• “riga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sassarese

Etymology

From Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (“line, row”), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (“to scratch, cut”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈriɡa/

Noun

riga f (plural righi)

1. line
2. stripe
3. ruler (measuring device)

   Synonym: rigaredda

Derived terms

• rigaredda

Related terms

• rigaddu
• rigaddura
• rigà

 

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetan, from Italian rucola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rîːɡa/
• Hyphenation: ri‧ga

Noun

rȋga f (Cyrillic spelling ри̑га)

1. (Croatia) commercial name for arugula, rocket (Eruca sativa, a grassy plant used for salad)

   Synonym: rukola