piga

See also: -pigą, pIgA, and pîga

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: pi‧ga
• IPA^(key): /piˈɡa/ [piˈɡa]

Noun

pigá

1. roe; fish eggs
2. spawn

   Synonym: duyag

Catalan

Etymology

Possibly related to picar or pic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈpi.ɣə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈpi.ɣa]
• Rhymes: -iɡa

Noun

piga f (plural pigues)

1. freckle

Derived terms

• pigallat
• pigallós
• pigard
• pigat

Further reading

• “piga” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Emilian

Alternative forms

• pîga (Reggiano)

Noun

piga f (plural pighi) (Modena)

1. fold
2. pleat
3. crease
4. tuck
5. twist

Russenorsk

Etymology

From Danish pige (“girl”).

Noun

piga

1. daughter

Usage notes

It is not known for sure, but pretty obvious, that the word could also mean a girl, not only because of its origin, but also because it is attested together with Russenorsk junka, when it was used in meaning son.

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

  (file)

Verb

-piga (infinitive kupiga)

1. to hit, to strike
2. to play (an instrument)
3. Used as a dummy verb to make a verbal phrase from a noun.

   kura (“ballot”) → -piga kura ("cast a ballot")

Conjugation

Conjugation of -piga
Positive present -napiga Subjunctive -pige Negative -pigi Imperative singular piga
Infinitives
Positive kupiga Negative kutopiga
Imperatives
Singular piga Plural pigeni
Tensed forms
Habitual hupiga Positive past positive subject concord + -lipiga Negative past negative subject concord + -kupiga
Positive present (positive subject concord + -napiga) Singular Plural 1st person ninapiga/napiga tunapiga 2nd person unapiga mnapiga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anapiga wanapiga other classes positive subject concord + -napiga
Negative present (negative subject concord + -pigi) Singular Plural 1st person sipigi hatupigi 2nd person hupigi hampigi 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hapigi hawapigi other classes negative subject concord + -pigi
Positive future positive subject concord + -tapiga Negative future negative subject concord + -tapiga
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -pige) Singular Plural 1st person nipige tupige 2nd person upige mpige 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apige wapige other classes positive subject concord + -pige
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sipige Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngepiga Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singepiga Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalipiga Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalipiga
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -apiga) Singular Plural 1st person napiga twapiga 2nd person wapiga mwapiga 3rd person m-wa(I/II) apiga wapiga m-mi(III/IV) wapiga yapiga ji-ma(V/VI) lapiga yapiga ki-vi(VII/VIII) chapiga vyapiga n(IX/X) yapiga zapiga u(XI) wapiga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwapiga pa(XVI) papiga mu(XVIII) mwapiga
Perfect positive subject concord + -mepiga "Already" positive subject concord + -meshapiga "Not yet" negative subject concord + -japiga "If/When" positive subject concord + -kipiga "If not" positive subject concord + -sipopiga Consecutive kapiga / positive subject concord + -kapiga Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kapige
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nipiga -tupiga 2nd person -kupiga -wapiga/-kupigeni/-wapigeni 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mpiga -wapiga m-mi(III/IV) -upiga -ipiga ji-ma(V/VI) -lipiga -yapiga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kipiga -vipiga n(IX/X) -ipiga -zipiga u(XI) -upiga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kupiga pa(XVI) -papiga mu(XVIII) -mupiga Reflexive -jipiga
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -piga- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -pigaye -pigao m-mi(III/IV) -pigao -pigayo ji-ma(V/VI) -pigalo -pigayo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -pigacho -pigavyo n(IX/X) -pigayo -pigazo u(XI) -pigao see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -pigako pa(XVI) -pigapo mu(XVIII) -pigamo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -piga) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yepiga -opiga m-mi(III/IV) -opiga -yopiga ji-ma(V/VI) -lopiga -yopiga ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chopiga -vyopiga n(IX/X) -yopiga -zopiga u(XI) -opiga see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kopiga pa(XVI) -popiga mu(XVIII) -mopiga
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -pigia
  • Causative: -pigisha
  • Passive: -pigwa (“be beaten up”)
  • Reciprocal: -pigana (“fight”)
  • Other formations: -pigilia

• Nominal derivations:
  • mpiga
  • pigo (“beating, blow”)
  • upigaji (“hitting”)

phrasal verbs derived from piga

• piga breki
• piga busu
• piga chafya
• piga chapa
• piga chenga
• piga dansi
• piga deki
• piga gitaa
• piga hodi
• piga kelele
• piga kengele
• piga kisi
• piga kofi
• piga kura
• piga magoti
• piga maji
• piga makofi
• piga marufuku
• piga mawe
• piga mbio
• piga mbizi
• piga miayo
• piga mluzi
• piga moto
• piga moyo konde
• piga mstari
• piga mswaki
• piga nduru
• piga ngumi
• piga pambaja
• piga pasi
• piga picha
• piga ramli
• piga simu
• piga sindano
• piga stori
• piga teke

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Norse píka. Cognate with Icelandic píka and Danish pige. Also cognate with Finnish piika, Estonian piiga, and arguably, with Chuvash пике́ (pik̬é, “noblewoman, beauty”). Difficult to determine which language borrowed from which.

Noun

piga c

1. (dated) a maid, a female servant; female employee on a farm, as in a milkmaid.
2. (archaic) a girl, a young woman
3. (obsolete) an unmarried woman (regardless of age)

Declension

Declension of piga

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	piga	pigas
	definite	pigan	pigans
plural	indefinite	pigor	pigors
	definite	pigorna	pigornas

Related terms

• kökspiga
• mjölkpiga
• pigroman

References

• piga in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• piga in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• piga in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• piga in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *pəʀəq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pəʀəq, from Proto-Austronesian *pəʀəq (“to squeeze out juice”). Compare Kapampangan apia, Bikol Central puga, Cebuano puga, Malay perah, and Chamorro fugo'.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /piˈɡaʔ/ [pɪˈɣaʔ]
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Syllabification: pi‧ga

Noun

pigâ (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜒᜄ)

1. squeezing out of fluid from an object (such as squeezing out juice from fruit, or wringing out water from clothes)

Derived terms

• ipiga
• magpiga
• pigaan
• pigain
• pumiga

Descendants

• → Kapampangan: piga

See also

• ekstraksiyon

Further reading

• “piga”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Anagrams

• pagi, gapi, ipag-

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Malay pinjam.

Verb

piga

1. to borrow

West Makian

Etymology

From Ternate piga (“large plate”), from Malay pinggan, from Classical Persian پنگان (pingān).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpi.ɡa/

Noun

piga

1. dish, plate

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[1], Pacific linguistics