tiga

See also: tigă

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *tak-, *tHk-. Cognate with Danish tie, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌷𐌰𐌽 (þahan), Old High German dagēn, Latin taceō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰiːja/
• Rhymes: -iːja

Verb

tiga (third person singular past indicative tagdi, third person plural past indicative tagt, supine tagt)

1. to be silent

Conjugation

Conjugation of tiga (irregular)
infinitive	tiga
supine	tagt
participle (a7)1	tigandi	tagdur
	present	past
first singular	tigi	tagdi
second singular	tigur	tagdi
third singular	tigur	tagdi
plural	tiga	tagdu
	imperative
singular	tig!
plural	tigið!
1Only the past participle being declined.

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Indonesian

Indonesian cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tiga

Etymology

From Malay tiga (“three”), from Proto-Malayic *tiga, from Prakrit tiga ("triple"), from Sanskrit त्रिक (trika, “triple”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ti.ɡa/
• Hyphenation: ti‧ga

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Numeral

tiga

1. three

   Enam bagi tiga sama dengan dua.

   Six divided by three equals two.

Synonyms

• telu
• tri

Further reading

• “tiga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɣa/

Verb

tiga (infinitive gũtiga)

1. to stop, to quit

   Tiga kuonia ngarĩ kũhaica mũtĩ. - Stop teaching a leopard how to climb up a tree.

2. to leave, to quit

Derived terms

(Verbs)

• gwĩtigĩra

(Phrases)

• tigwo na wega

(Proverbs)

• mũici na kĩhĩĩ atigaga kĩeha kĩarua
• mũici na mũndũ mũka atigaga kĩeha akua
• thĩna ndũtigaga handũ ũramenyera

References

• Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

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Malay

Malay cardinal numbers

<  2	3	4  >
Cardinal : tiga     Ordinal : ketiga     Collective : ketiga-tiga

Alternative forms

• tigă
• تيݢ

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tiga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tiɡə/
• IPA^(key): /tiɡa/
• Rhymes: -iɡə, -ɡə, -ə

Numeral

tiga (Jawi spelling تيݢ)

1. three

Synonyms

• telu / تلو
• tri (tri-) / تري (تري-)

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish þighia, from Old Norse þegja, from Proto-Germanic *þagjaną.

Pronunciation

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Verb

tiga

1. to keep quiet, to say absolutely nothing

Conjugation

An archaic supine is tegat.

Conjugation of tiga (class 1 strong)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tiga		tigas
Supine	tigit		tigits
Imperative	tig		—
Imper. plural1	tigen		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	tiger	teg	tigs, tiges	tegs
Ind. plural1	tiga	tego	tigas	tegos
Subjunctive2	tige	tege	tiges	teges
	Participles
Present participle	tigande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Anagrams

• gita