# viga
## English
### Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish viga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviːɡə/
* Rhymes: -iːɡə

### Noun

viga (plural vigas)
* (New Mexico) A roughly-made rafter or roof timber, especially in a Latin American village
** 1992, Cormac McCarthy, All The Pretty Horses:The vigas were partly down and hunters or herdsmen had built fires in the floor.

### Anagrams

* GAVI, vagi

## Asturian
### Noun

viga f (plural vigues)
* beam

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika, borrowed from Proto-Germanic *swiką (“deception”). Cognates include Votic, Ingrian, and Finnish vika (“ailment, disease; fault, error; fault; defect; disability; disorder; bad habit”), Livonian vigā (“error; disease; fault; cause”), Karelian, Livvi, and Veps viga (“defect; error; fault; cause”) and Inari Sami vahe (“mistake; injury; illness”) (from Proto-Samic *vëkē).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviɡ̊ɑ/, [ˈviɡ̊ɑ]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡ̊ɑ
* Hyphenation: vi‧ga

### Noun

viga (genitive vea, partitive viga)
* mistake, error, fault (failure to comply with a rule, norm, standard, fact, etc., deviation from correct performance)
* flaw, defect, blemish, drawback (being out of order)
    Mis sul viga on? ― What's wrong with you? (literally, “What is your flaw?”)
** malaise; disease; injury
    Ärge tehke talle viga! ― Don't hurt him! (literally, “Don't make him any injuries!”)
* lack, deficiency (something that prevents from being perfect, a disturbing quality, tendency, or phenomenon, a weak or negative aspect)
* fault, blame; cause, reason

#### Synonyms

* (flaw, defect): häire, rike
* (disease): haigus, tõbi, häda
* (lack): nõrkus, puudujääk, puudus
* (fault, blame): süü

#### Derived terms

* pole viga
* veatu
* viga saama
* vigane
* vigastama
* vigastuma

#### Compounds

* arvutusviga
* esindusviga
* faktiviga
* hooletusviga
* hääldusviga
* iluviga
* interpunktsiooniviga
* kangaviga
* kasvatusviga
* keeleviga
* kehaviga
* kirjavahemärgiviga
* kirjaviga
* komaviga
* lihtviga
* loogikaviga
* mõõteviga
* mõõtmisviga
* näpuviga
* ortograafiaviga
* pallinguviga
* puurimisviga
* pöiaviga
* rautusviga
* raviviga
* riideviga
* rühiviga
* ründeviga
* stiiliviga
* säritusviga
* süntaksiviga
* taktikaviga
* tallamisviga
* tehteviga
* trükiviga
* turvaviga
* tõestusviga
* tõlkeviga
* täheviga
* tüüpviga
* vaatlusviga
* viinaviga
* viiteviga
* vormiviga
* õigekirjaviga
* õmblusviga
* ümardusviga
* veaavastus
* vealipp
* veaprotsent
* veateade
* veatõrje
* vigaderohke

### References

* viga in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)
* “viga”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Old Norse vega (“to weigh”), from Proto-Germanic *weganą (“to carry, move, weigh”), from Proto-Indo-European *wéǵʰe-, *weǵʰ-.

### Verb

viga (third person singular past indicative vigaði, third person plural past indicative vigaðu, supine vigað)
* to weigh

#### Conjugation

$^1$Only the past participle being declined.

## Italian
### Verb

viga
* third-person singular present subjunctive of vigere

### Anagrams

* Gavi, vagì

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) vigā

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

### Noun

viga
* fault

## Ludian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

### Noun

viga
* flaw
* defect

## Nias
### Noun

viga
* mutated form of figa (“plate”)

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.ɡɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.ɡɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.ɡa/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.ɡɐ/ [ˈvi.ɣɐ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.ɡɐ/ [ˈvi.ɣɐ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.ɡɐ/ [ˈbi.ɣɐ]
* Rhymes: -iɡɐ
* Hyphenation: vi‧ga

### Etymology 1

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga. Cognate with Spanish viga, Catalan and Occitan biga.

#### Noun

viga f (plural vigas)
* (engineering) beam (linear part subject mainly to bending stresses; prismatic construction element made of reinforced concrete, wood, etc.)
    Synonym: trave

##### Derived terms

* vigar

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

viga
* inflection of vigar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “viga”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “viga”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Uncertain; probably from Latin bīga (“tree-trunk”). Cognate with Portuguese viga, Catalan biga, Occitan biga.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbiɡa/ [ˈbi.ɣ̞a]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɡa
* Syllabification: vi‧ga

### Noun

viga f (plural vigas)
* timber, beam, rafter, girder

#### Derived terms

* vigueta

#### Descendants

* → English: viga

### Further reading

* “viga”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Etymology 1
#### Adjective

viga
* inflection of vig:
** definite singular
** plural

### Etymology 2

From Old Swedish vīghia, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

#### Verb

viga (present viger, preterite vigde, supine vigt, imperative vig)
* to marry; to unite in wedlock or matrimony
* to devote something for a specific purpose
    Han har vigt sitt liv åt att hjälpa andra.He has devoted his life to helping others.

##### Conjugation

$^1$ Archaic. $^2$ Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

##### Related terms

* inviga
* vigsel
* vigvatten
* ovigd

##### See also

* gifta

### Further reading

* viga in Svensk ordbok.

### Anagrams

* giva

## Veps
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vika.

### Noun

viga
* flaw
* defect
* failure, malfunction
* damage
* mistake

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “брак, дефект, изъян, неисправность, ошибка, повод, повреждение, порок, упущение”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Volapük
### Noun

viga
* genitive singular of vig