tanga

See also: -tanga

English

Etymology 1

Noun

tanga (plural tangas)

1. Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India equal to 1/10th of a Rupee, a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers, a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers, 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[homas] 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

Noun

tanga (plural tangas)

1. A bikini bottom composed of two triangular panels connected by strings at the side

Anagrams

• ganta

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Cebuano

Etymology

From

Pronunciation 1

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

Noun

tanga

1. a scorpion

Pronunciation 2

• 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.

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Chamorro

Verb

tanga

1. to desire something, to crave.

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French

Etymology

From Spanish tanga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ɡa/

Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong (underwear)

Further reading

• “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• ganta

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Hiligaynon

Etymology

From

Noun

tánga

1. cockroach

Verb

tangâ

1. to raise one's eyes

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒŋɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga

Noun

tanga (plural tangák)

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

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	tanga	tangák
accusative	tangát	tangákat
dative	tangának	tangáknak
instrumental	tangával	tangákkal
causal-final	tangáért	tangákért
translative	tangává	tangákká
terminative	tangáig	tangákig
essive-formal	tangaként	tangákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	tangában	tangákban
superessive	tangán	tangákon
adessive	tangánál	tangáknál
illative	tangába	tangákba
sublative	tangára	tangákra
allative	tangához	tangákhoz
elative	tangából	tangákból
delative	tangáról	tangákról
ablative	tangától	tangáktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	tangáé	tangáké
non-attributive possessive - plural	tangáéi	tangákéi

Possessive forms of tanga
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	tangám	tangáim
2nd person sing.	tangád	tangáid
3rd person sing.	tangája	tangái
1st person plural	tangánk	tangáink
2nd person plural	tangátok	tangáitok
3rd person plural	tangájuk	tangáik

Derived terms

• tangabugyi

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Icelandic

Noun

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

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Italian

Verb

tanga

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

Noun

tanga m (uncountable)

1. G-string

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Mwani

Noun

tanga class 5 (plural matanga)

1. sail

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Northern Catanduanes Bicolano

Etymology

From

Noun

tanga

1. ant

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• tangen

Noun

tanga m or f

1. definite feminine singular of tang

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: tan‧ga

Noun

tanga f (plural tangas)

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

Verb

tanga

1. Template:pt-verb-form-of

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Spanish

Etymology

From a Tupian language.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanɡa/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡa]
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga

Noun

tanga m (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong

Further reading

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

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Tagalog

Etymology

From

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.ˈŋa/

Adjective

tangá

1. gullible
2. idiotic
3. (usually derogatory, vulgar) stupid; foolish

   Mukha kang tanga!

   You look foolish!

Synonyms

• ulaga
• walang isip

Derived terms

• katangahan
• (gay slang): shunga

Noun

tanga

1. an idiot
2. (usually derogatory, vulgar) a stupid person; a fool

   Hoy, tanga!

   Hey, fool!

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Turkish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋɡɑ/

Noun

tanga (definite accusative tangayı, plural tangalar)

1. thong

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	tanga
Definite accusative	tangayı
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tanga	tangalar
Definite accusative	tangayı	tangaları
Dative	tangaya	tangalara
Locative	tangada	tangalarda
Ablative	tangadan	tangalardan
Genitive	tanganın	tangaların
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular tangam tangalarım 2nd singular tangan tangaların 3rd singular tangası tangaları 1st plural tangamız tangalarımız 2nd plural tanganız tangalarınız 3rd plural tangaları tangaları Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular tangamı tangalarımı 2nd singular tanganı tangalarını 3rd singular tangasını tangalarını 1st plural tangamızı tangalarımızı 2nd plural tanganızı tangalarınızı 3rd plural tangalarını tangalarını Dative Singular Plural 1st singular tangama tangalarıma 2nd singular tangana tangalarına 3rd singular tangasına tangalarına 1st plural tangamıza tangalarımıza 2nd plural tanganıza tangalarınıza 3rd plural tangalarına tangalarına Locative Singular Plural 1st singular tangamda tangalarımda 2nd singular tanganda tangalarında 3rd singular tangasında tangalarında 1st plural tangamızda tangalarımızda 2nd plural tanganızda tangalarınızda 3rd plural tangalarında tangalarında Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular tangamdan tangalarımdan 2nd singular tangandan tangalarından 3rd singular tangasından tangalarından 1st plural tangamızdan tangalarımızdan 2nd plural tanganızdan tangalarınızdan 3rd plural tangalarından tangalarından Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular tangamın tangalarımın 2nd singular tanganın tangalarının 3rd singular tangasının tangalarının 1st plural tangamızın tangalarımızın 2nd plural tanganızın tangalarınızın 3rd plural tangalarının tangalarının

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Umbundu

Verb

-tanga (infinitive okutanga)

1. to study
2. to read

Conjugation

    Conjugation of tanga

Infinitive		okutanga
		Singular			Plural
		First-person (ame)	Second-person (ove)	Third-person (eye)	First-person (etu)	Second-person (ene)	Third-person (ovo)
Indicative	Present	nditanga	otanga	otanga	tutanga	utangi	vatanga
	Imperfect	ndatangile	watangile	watangile	twatangile	watangili	vatangile
	Preterite	ndatanga	watanga	watanga	twatanga	watangi	vatanga
	Future	ndikanda l'okutanga	okanda l'okutanga	okanda l'okutanga	tukanda l'okutanga	ukanda l'okutanga	vakanda l'okutanga
	Conditional	nda ndatanga	nda watanga	nda watanga	nda twatanga	nda utangí	nda vatanga