viga

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish viga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈviːɡə/ Rhymes: -iːɡə === Noun === viga (plural vigas) (New Mexico) A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village === Anagrams === GAVI, vagi == Asturian == === Noun === viga f (plural vigues) beam == Estonian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vika, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deception”). Cognates include Votic, Ingrian, and Finnish vika (“ailment, disease; fault, error; fault; defect; disability; disorder; bad habit”), Livonian vigā (“error; disease; fault; cause”), Karelian, Livvi, and Veps viga (“defect; error; fault; cause”) and Inari Sami vahe (“mistake; injury; illness”) (from Proto-Samic *vëkē). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈviɡ̊ɑ/, [ˈviɡ̊ɑ] Rhymes: -iɡ̊ɑ Hyphenation: vi‧ga === Noun === viga (genitive vea, partitive viga) mistake, error, fault (failure to comply with a rule, norm, standard, fact, etc., deviation from correct performance) flaw, defect, blemish, drawback (being out of order) Mis sul viga on? ― What's wrong with you? (literally, “What is your flaw?”) malaise; disease; injury Ärge tehke talle viga! ― Don't hurt him! (literally, “Don't make him any injuries!”) lack, deficiency (something that prevents from being perfect, a disturbing quality, tendency, or phenomenon, a weak or negative aspect) fault, blame; cause, reason ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (flaw, defect): häire, rike (disease): haigus, tõbi, häda (lack): nõrkus, puudujääk, puudus (fault, blame): süü ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Compounds ==== === References === viga in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut) “viga”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009 == Faroese == === Etymology === From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-. === Verb === viga (third person singular past indicative vigaði, third person plural past indicative vigaðu, supine vigað) to weigh ==== Conjugation ==== == Italian == === Verb === viga third-person singular present subjunctive of vigere === Anagrams === Gavi, vagì == Livonian == === Noun === viga Salaca form of vigā (“fault”) === References === Andreas Johan Sjögren, Ferdinand Johann Wiedemann (1861), Livisch-deutsches und deutsch-livisches Wörterbuch Pajusalu, Karl & Winkler, Eberhard, Salis-livisches Wörterbuch (2009). Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia. Tallinn. == Ludian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vika. === Noun === viga flaw defect == Nias == === Noun === viga mutated form of figa (“plate”) == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -iɡɐ Hyphenation: vi‧ga === Etymology 1 === Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga. Cognate with Spanish viga, Catalan and Occitan biga. ==== Noun ==== viga f (plural vigas) (engineering) beam (linear part subject mainly to bending stresses; prismatic construction element made of reinforced concrete, wood, etc.) Synonym: trave ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Verb ==== viga inflection of vigar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “viga”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “viga”, in Dicionário Infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026 “viga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Catalan biga, Occitan biga. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈbiɡa/ [ˈbi.ɣ̞a] Rhymes: -iɡa Syllabification: vi‧ga === Noun === viga f (plural vigas) timber, beam, rafter, girder ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → English: viga === Further reading === “viga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²viːɡa/ Rhymes: -²iːɡa === Etymology 1 === From Old Swedish vīghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną. ==== Verb ==== viga (present viger, preterite vigde, supine vigt, imperative vig) to marry; to unite in wedlock or matrimony to devote something for a specific purpose to ordain; to admit into the ministry of a religion Synonym: ordinera ===== Inflection ===== ===== Related terms ===== ===== See also ===== gifta === Etymology 2 === See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. ==== Adjective ==== viga inflection of vig: definite singular plural === References === “viga”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) === Anagrams === giva == Veps == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *vika. === Noun === viga flaw defect failure, malfunction damage mistake ==== Inflection ==== === References === Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “брак, дефект, изъян, неисправность, ошибка, повод, повреждение, порок, упущение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika == Volapük == === Noun === viga genitive singular of vig