tanga

tanga (plural tangas)

1. (historical) Any of various former Asian coins, including: a coin of Portuguese India worth one tenth of a rupee; a gold coin of India issued by various Muslim rulers; a silver coin of India, also issued by Muslim rulers; and a former silver coin of Tibet.
   • 1810, Richard Haklvyt, Hakluyt's Collection of the Early Voyages, Travels, and DIscoveries of the English Nation- Volume 2, page 410:

     The larines are woorth by just value basaruchies 93 and 3 fourth parts, and 4 larines make a seraphine of siluer, which is 5 tangas of good money, and these also haue serafagion of 6, 7, 8, 10, vntil 16, by the 100, for when the ships depart for the North, to say, for Chaul, Diu, Cambaia, or Bassaim, all cary of the same, because it is money more currant then any other.

   • 1841, The Literary Gazette and Journal of the Belles Lettres, page 136:

     The first and largest item is, the purchase of a wife, 25 rupees. Culinary and other utensils.--Bedding, 6 rupees; antimony for the lady's eyes, 3 tangas : an iron boiler, 2 rupees; a wooden bowl and spoons, 3 tangas; ....

   • 1875, Report of a Mission to Yarkund in 1873, under command of Sir T[homas] D. Forsyth, page 73:

     The prices range from 120 tangas = Rupees 25 to 400 tangas = Rupees 80.

   • 1996, Jonathan L. Lee, The "Ancient Supremacy":, →ISBN:

     Three-sevenths, or 300,000 tangas (100,000 Kabul rupees) were remitted to the Amir as tribute, whilst the remaining sum, 400,000 tangas (Rs. 133,333), was retained by the wali for his own expenses.

   • 2003, Ahmad Hasan Dani & Vadim Mikhaĭlovich Masson, History of Civilizations of Central Asia, →ISBN:

     The Samarkand tangas were initially 916 carats, and then rose to 960 carats. Lower-carat tangas were issued in Balkh (875 carats, 916 carats) and in Tashkent. Nevertheless, even the tangas issued under Iskandar Khan are referred to in documentary sources as 'pure'.

From Portuguese tanga, from Kimbundu tanga or ntanga (“coarse cloth; loincloth”).

tanga (plural tangas)

1. A pair of tanga briefs.

• ganta

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *təŋaq.

• Hyphenation: ta‧nga
• IPA^(key): /taˈŋaʔ/

tangâ

1. between

From Hokkien 蟲仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect/bug/snake/animal”).

• Hyphenation: ta‧nga
• IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/

tánga

1. ant

   Synonym: sirom

From Hokkien 蟲仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin/insect, bug, snake,animal”).

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /ˈtaŋa/
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

tanga

1. scorpion

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly, to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

• (General Cebuano) IPA^(key): /taˈŋaʔ/
• Rhymes: -aʔ
• Hyphenation: ta‧nga

tanga

1. bumbling
2. careless, thoughtless
3. slow (of reduced intellectual capacity, not quick to comprehend)
4. absent-minded

tanga

1. To bumble.
2. To be careless.
3. To be slow to comprehend.
4. To be absent-minded.

For quotations using this term, see Citations:tanga.

tanga

1. To desire something, to crave.

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga or Spanish tanga.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑŋ.ɡaː/

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• Hyphenation: tan‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɑŋɡaː

tanga f (plural tanga's, diminutive tangaatje n)

1. thong, G-string

• tangaslip

• reetveter
• string

From Spanish tanga.

• IPA^(key): /tɑ̃.ɡa/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /taŋ.ɡa/

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tanga m (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong (underwear)

• “tanga”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• ganta

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tanga

1. To live, be alive.

From Hokkien 蟲仔 (thâng-á, “little vermin, insect, bug, animal”).

tánga

1. cockroach

From Proto-Philippine *taŋa (“to gape stupidly; to gawk”), from Proto-Austronesian *taŋa (“to open wide”).

tangâ

1. To raise one's eyes.

• IPA^(key): [ˈtɒŋɡɒ]
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga
• Rhymes: -ɡɒ

tanga (plural tangák)

1. G-string, thong, tanga, posing pouch

• tangabugyi

tanga

1. indefinite accusative singular of tangi
2. indefinite dative singular of tangi
3. indefinite genitive singular of tangi
4. indefinite accusative plural of tangi
5. indefinite genitive plural of tangi

• IPA^(key): /ˈtan.ɡa/
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Hyphenation: tàn‧ga

Borrowed from Portuguese tanga.

tanga m (invariable)

1. G-string

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

tanga

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

tanga

1. ant

tanga class 5 (plural matanga)

1. sail

• tangen m sg

tanga f sg

1. definite feminine singular of tang

tanga

1. inflection of tangi:
   1. oblique singular
   2. accusative plural
   3. genitive plural
2. genitive plural of tǫng

• Rhymes: -ɐ̃ɡɐ
• Hyphenation: tan‧ga

tanga f (plural tangas)

1. loincloth (garment that covers the crotch)
2. very small bikini

tanga

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

From French tanguer.

a tanga (third-person singular present tanghează, past participle tangat) 1st conj.

1. (nautical) To sway back and forth.

tanga

1. ant

• IPA^(key): /ˈtanɡa/ [ˈt̪ãŋ.ɡa]
• Rhymes: -anɡa
• Syllabification: tan‧ga

From a Tupian language.

tanga m (plural tangas)

1. G-string, thong

tanga

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

• “tanga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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tanga (ma class, plural matanga)

1. sail

-tanga (infinitive kutanga)

1. to wander, to loiter

   Synonyms: zurura, randaranda