siga

Etymology

From Old Norse segja, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sekʷ- (“to say”).^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /siːja/
• Homophone: siða

Verb

siga (third person singular past indicative segði, third person plural past indicative søgdu, supine sagt)

1. to say

References

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *siŋa, variant of *cina, from Proto-Oceanic *sinaʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sinaʀ, from Proto-Austronesian *siNaʀ.

Noun

siga

1. day
2. sun (use mata ni siga [lit. "day's face"] to specify meaning)

Verb

siga

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /síː.ɡàː/
  • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA^(key): [síː.ɡàː]

Noun

sīgā̀ f (plural sīgōgī, possessed form sīgàr̃)

1. form, structure
2. clause, proviso

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.ɡaʔ/

Adjective

siga

1. wild

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsɪːɣa/

  Rhymes: -ɪːɣa

Verb

siga (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative sigaði, supine sigað)

1. to sic (incite an attack by) [with dative]

   Synonym: etja

Noun

siga

1. traditional turban for men

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siga.

Noun

siga

1. light, shine, luster

Alternative forms

• sige

Etymology

From Old Norse síga.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²siːɡɑ/

Verb

siga (present tense sig, past tense seig, supine sige, past participle sigen, present participle sigande, imperative sig)

1. to seep, ooze

   Det sig vatn inn i kjellaren.

   Water is seeping into the basement.

2. to subside, sink very slowly

   Grunnmuren sig.

   The foundation wall is subsiding.

3. To move slowly, glide

   Skodda sig inn frå havet.

   The fog is moving in from the sea.

References

• “siga” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Verb

siga

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 1

From Proto-Bantu *-tíga.

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Etymology 3

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsiɡa/ [ˈsi.ɣ̞a]
• Rhymes: -iɡa
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Verb

siga

1. inflection of seguir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *siga (“spark, bright light”).

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Initial clipping of sigarilyo.

Further reading

• “siga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Zorc, R. David, San Miguel, Rachel (1993) Tagalog Slang Dictionary‎, Manila: De La Salle University Press, →ISBN
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*siga”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Anagrams

• sagi, gisa

Etymology

Probably from Tagalog siga, from clipping of sigarilyo and also from English cigar.

Pronunciation

• (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA^(key): /siɡa/ [sɪˈɣɑ]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧ga

Noun

siga (Sulat Sūg spelling سِݢَ)

1. cigarette

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *cika.

Noun

siga

1. pig

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “свинья”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Etymology

Borrowed from English cigar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sì.ɡá/

Noun

sìgá

1. cigarette; cigar

   Synonym: (slang) ọ̀pá

   Synonym: (obsolete, rare) sàrootù

See also

• mu (“to smoke”)
• àmukù (“(cigarette) butt”)