riga

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See also: Riga, Rīga, Rīgā, Ríga, and Rîga

Hausa

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɽìː.ɡáː/
    • (Standard Kano Hausa) IPA(key): [ɽìː.ɡáː]

Noun

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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

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈri.ɡa/
  • Rhymes: -iɡa
  • Hyphenation: rì‧ga

Etymology 1

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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

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riga f (plural righe)

  1. line
  2. stripe
  3. parting (of hair)
  4. ruler (measuring device)
    Synonym: righello
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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riga

  1. inflection of rigare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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rigā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of rigō

Maltese

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian riga.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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riga f (plural rigi)

  1. ruler (measuring or drawing device)
  2. line
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Norse riga.

Verb

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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
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References

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Anagrams

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Old High German

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Etymology

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From Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (to scratch, cut).

Noun

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rīga f

  1. line

Descendants

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  • Middle High German: rīhe

Old Irish

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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·riga

  1. third-person singular future conjunct of téit

Mutation

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Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
·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

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Etymology

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

Verb

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riga

  1. (+dative) to lift heavily or with difficulty

Conjugation

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References

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  • riga”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Sassarese

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Etymology

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From Italian riga, from Lombardic rīga (line, row), from Proto-Germanic *rīgǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁reyk- (to scratch, cut).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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riga f (plural righi)

  1. line
  2. stripe
  3. ruler (measuring device)
    Synonym: rigaredda

Derived terms

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References

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

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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From Venetan, from Italian rucola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /rîːɡa/
  • Hyphenation: ri‧ga

Noun

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rȋga f (Cyrillic spelling ри̑га)

  1. (Croatia) commercial name for arugula, rocket (Eruca sativa, a grassy plant used for salad)
    Synonym: rukola