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

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

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

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

References

Anagrams

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

Old Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈr͈ʲiɣa/

Verb

·riga

  1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
RadicalLenitionNasalization
·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

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
  • rigaddu
  • rigaddura
  • rigà

References

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Venetian, 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
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