biga

See also: Biga, bigă, and bigą

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin bīga.

Noun

biga (plural bigas or bigae)

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

Translations

Translations

• Polish: biga (pl) f

See also

• quadriga

Anagrams

• Baig, bagi, gabi

Basque

Noun

biga ?

1. calf

Numeral

biga

1. two

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈbi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈbi.ɣa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

biga f (plural bigues)

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

Further reading

• “biga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
• “biga” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Cebuano

Noun

biga

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

Verb

biga

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

Italian

Etymology

From Latin bīga.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

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Derived terms

• bigotta

Jamaican Creole

Adjective

biga

1. comparative degree of big
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 15:25:

     Di biga bwai pikni did de a grong. […]

     The bigger boy was in the field. […]

Latin

Etymology

bi- +‎ iuga

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈbiː.ɡa/, [ˈbiːɡä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/, [ˈbiːɡä]

Noun

bīga f (genitive bīgae); first declension

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

Usage notes

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

Declension

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

• bīgātus

Related terms

• biiugus

Descendants

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

References

• “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

Noun

biga

1. Latin spelling of ბიგა (biga)

Old High German

Alternative forms

• pīga

Etymology

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”).

Noun

bīga f

1. pile, heap

Descendants

• Middle High German: bīge
  • Alemannic German: Biigi
  • German: Beige
• → Italian: bica

Polish

biga

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/

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• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: bi‧ga
• Homophone: Biga

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin bīga. First attested in the first half of the 19th century.

Noun

biga f

1. (Ancient Rome, historical) biga (Roman racing chariot drawn by two horses abreast)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German biegen. Doublet of Boh and Bug.

Noun

biga f

1. (printing) crease (element of the die-cutting machine used to emboss the bend line of the paper)

Declension

Declension of biga

	singular	plural
nominative	biga	bigi
genitive	bigi	big
dative	bidze	bigom
accusative	bigę	bigi
instrumental	bigą	bigami
locative	bidze	bigach
vocative	bigo	bigi

Further reading

• biga in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• biga in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin biga.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡa/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɡɐ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐ]

• Hyphenation: bi‧ga

Noun

biga f (plural bigas)

1. chariot (type of vehicle)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbiɡa]

Noun

biga f

1. definite nominative/accusative singular of bigă

Sardinian

Etymology

Probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”)

Noun

biga

1. (Campidanese) beam

Tagalog

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Spanish viga.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐʔ], /ˈbiɡa/ [ˈbi.ɣɐ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ, -iɡa
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

Noun

bigà or biga (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. (carpentry) girder

See also

• kahab-an
• pingga
• sepo
• tahilan

 

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

Noun

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. giant taro (Alocasia macrorrhizos)

   Synonyms: malabiga, badyang

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

Noun

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. flat lowland

   Synonyms: lambak, libis

Etymology 4

Possibly Chinese.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

Noun

bigà (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜄ)

1. damp or swampy ground

   Synonyms: labon, latian, tanlak, tunlak

Etymology 5

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈbiɡaʔ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐʔ]
• Rhymes: -iɡaʔ
• Syllabification: bi‧ga

Noun

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

Derived terms

• magmalabiga
• malabiga
• pagkamalabiga