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
v
infinitive tiga
present participle tigandi
past participle a7 tagdur
supine tagt
number singular plural
person first second third all
indicative eg tú hann/hon/tað vit, tit, teir/tær/tey, tygum
present tigi tigur tigur tiga
past tagdi tagdi tagdi tagdu
imperative – tú – tit
present — tig! — tigið!

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
  • audio(file)

Numeral

tiga

  1. three
    Enam bagi tiga sama dengan dua.
    Six divided by three equals two.

Synonyms

Further reading

Kikuyu

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tiɣa/

Verb

tiga (infinitive gũtiga)

  1. to stop,[1] to quit
    Tiga kuonia ngarĩ kũhaica mũtĩ. - Stop teaching a leopard how to climb up a tree.[2]
  2. to leave,[1] to quit

Derived terms

(Phrases)

  • tigwo na wega

(Proverbs)

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

References
  1. Barlow, A. Ruffell (1960). Studies in Kikuyu Grammar and Idiom, p. 24.
  2. Barra, G. (1960). 1,000 Kikuyu proverbs: with translations and English equivalents, p. 106.
  • Armstrong, Lilias E. (1940). The Phonetic and Tonal Structure of Kikuyu, p. 363. Rep. 1967. (Also in 2018 by Routledge).

Malay
Malay cardinal numbers
 <  2 3 4  > 
    Cardinal : tiga

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tiga.

Pronunciation

Numeral

tiga (Jawi spelling تيݢ)

  1. three

Synonyms

Swedish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • audio(file)

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
Present tense tiger tigs , tiges
Past tense teg tegs
Supine tigit tigits
Imperative tig —
Present participle tigande
Past participle —
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